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Editorial
^l^r« Something for everyone
^^mM this month, I'm determined
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^^^H value possible tinroughout
^^^^H the whole magazine, becau^s
^^B^^l let's face it, without you, the
reader, we wouldn't be here at all, That's
why we've got the awesome SoundStudio
as this month's main application (check
out the CD audio track for taste of what it
can do) backed up by the brilliant Chaos
Engine 2 from those Bitmap Brothers. In
the mag you'll find a complete trouble-
shooting guide to printers and everything
you need to know about making nnusic
with your Amiga. As for Graphics
Overdrive', that comes in the form of the
first review of the Cybervision 3D card
and a round-up of stacks of shareware
graphics software.
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Feature
20 Turn your Amiga into a
Professional Sound Studio
With this^ month's revolutionary OctaMED SoundStudio
cover disk software v^^^J have the unique opportunity of
transforming your Amiiga into a IG-bit nrulti -channel music
machine with hard disk recording! You just won't believe
the possibilities that are now open to you, whatever Amiga
you have. This is the big time!
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28 Printers: Problem Solved!
We've all got them; printers and problems. The combination
of a printer and an Amiga can be a minefield of troubles,
but once you know the tricks of the trade it's plain sailing
to printer perfection. Larry Hickmott is hereto explain
everything you need to know to get the whole lot working
in complete harmony, along with a top ten chart of Amiga-
friendly printers, details of all the various types of printer
technology and a hefty question and answer section <
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Cover Disks and Super CD-ROM
B OcftaMED SoundStudio
This really is the ultimate Amiga music pack-
age in every sense, light years ahead of
OctaMED e. On page 8 you'll find a brief intro'
duct ion to the program, while a fuller feature
can be tracked down on page 20 (see above}.
6 The Chaos Engine 2
Firtally it's arrived. The long-awaited
exclusive cover disk demo of the Bitmap's
instant classic awaits you. A fierce blast for
either one or two players,
1 2 Super CD-ROM &
Leading the way in Amiga CD-ROMs, we
continue with another disc packed with web
sites, games, utilities, graphics, demos and
everything from the floppy dislt edition, plus
art exclusive CD audio trai^k created with this
month's OctaMED SoundStudio package.
COMTENTS
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News
1 6 Find out the truth behind
the nevv Amiga owner rumours,
plus news on the forthcaDming
World of Amiga Si^cwv and more.
Games
Previews
g6 Virtual Karting Deluxe)
36 Max Rally
37 Ffigy
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^ XP8 non AGA
44 Budget Games
Game Tips
46 Vampyra
49 Snip Tips
Tech Scene - utilities and hardware
^2 Cybervislon 3P)
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63
64
67
70
( ^4 Graphics Software^ounfiup}
SMD 1 0O MPEG Piaver
Quickcam Interface
Geek Gadgets
Golden Image Trackball
PD Scene
PD Utilities
CD-ROM Scene
Art Gallery
Workshop
76 3D Rendering: Inrtagine 4.0
79 Imagine 4.0 Manual Offer
82 OctaMED SoundStudio
84 Wired Worid
86 Net God
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92 Advertisement index
94 Masterclass
97 Frequently Asked Questions
98 Q+A
102 Backchat
104 Points of View
1 06 Subscriptions
COVER DISKS
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Cover disk 1 52
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SoundStudio is very straight-
I forward. Load up Workbench
I and format a couple of blank
; disks. Tben insert disk 152
and double click on it- The
_ disk window will open up to
r«v0al a pair of icons. Double elicit on the
first icon and in a few moments v<'u will be asked to insert a
blank disk and press return. Follow the on-screen instructions
and dish one will be unpacked to the floppv for you. Write pro-
tect vour new OctaMED SoundStudio disk one, and repeat the
procedure for disk two by clicking on the second icon and
inserting the second blank disk wtien prompted. The OctaMED
S5 disks aren't boolfible; to use them you will have to stairt
Workbench first. There are two icons in disk one titled
Floppv_assic|ns and Floppy.fo'its. Click on these and every-
thing is ready to run- Hard disk users will have to depack to
floppies first, as described above. There is no HD installer, you
will have to transfer the files yourself. Click on the readme_
first! icon in disk one for full instructions on how to do this.
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Cover disk 1 53
The Chaos Engine 2
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The Chaos
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Welcome to the amazing Chsos
Engine 2 You will be glad to
know that this game needs no
installation - I'm sure you are all
itching for some Steampunk
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aggressive. Once you have chosen, press fire again and soon you
wili be presented with a briefing screen which tells you what to do,
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fire, and open doors (if you have a key) in a similar way. Any dyna-
mite you may find can be thrown by pointing in the way you want it
chucked and holding the fire button for a few seconds, and you can
shoot the nasties by ,,, no, you can figure that one out yourselves.
The level ends when one or other player has made their way to
the last door with the key, so watch out. Your so-called partner may
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gram that deserved the
accolade of Ultimate
Amiga Music
SoftweVe, it's OctaMED
SoundStudio. The OctaMEO
series has been running for nnany
years, gradually improving with
each new update, but unii^l
SoundStudio, it
waiS linnited by
the basJc con-
straints of the
Amiga's 8-bit
four channel
sound chip,
Those con-
straints are
now blown
clean away^ as
SoundStudio
opens up a
world of possi-
__ biilities, such
as 64 sampfe channels, 14-bit
output from any Amiga, 16-bit
output via a range of sound cards,
realtime echo effects, stereo
panning for each track,
even direct to disk
recording in stereo 16
bit on any Amiga,
which makes it possi-
ble to mast&r tracks to
hard drive and copy
them to audio CD with
nothing more than
your Amiga and a CD-
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MIDI musicians are
catered for too, A
complete MIDI system
can be driven from
SoundStudiio with
ease, even seemlessly
incorporated with your existing
saim pie-based set-up. You'll find
the audio track on this month's
cover CD-ROM was produced
with just such a combination of
MIDI and Amiga samples.
SoundStudio performs a range
of minor miracles whether you've
got a 2Mb A500 Plus, a tooled up
A4000T with a 16 bit card and CD-
ROM writer or anything in
between, transcending the previ-
ous limits of your Amiga and turn-
ing it into an incredibly powerful
music-making machine.
Getting started
If you have the CD edition the
best way to find out what
SoundStudio can do is to load
one of the demo modules on
this month's CD, Otherwise find
at least one muiti-cbannel mod-
ule to load and play. Select Open
from the Project menu and
then use the standard file
requester to choose a
SoundStudio module from the
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Before you play the module,
make sure you have the 'mixing'
mode activated. To do this, select
S€t Options from the Song mernj
and click on the 1-64 Ch Mixing
button, followed by Exit, This
takes SoundStudio out of stan-
dard Amiga fo-ur channel mode
and into Its own speciial multi-
channel retarg stable audio mode.
Next you can select your pre-
ferred output mode. Go to the
Settings menu and seiect Mixing
Settings, This gives you a number
of main output options listed at
the top left of the box. If you have
one of the 16-bit sound cards
included in the list, select that, If
not you can still use the Amiga
14-bit option for high quality out-
put from the standard Amiga
audio chip.
The other settings are also
umportant to get the best sound
quality from your set-up, but for
now just click the Stereo button
and then Exit. Now click the top
Play button next the Song on
the Main Control paneJ to fiear
the tune.
You'll notice the pulldown
menus change as you seJect dif-
ferent sections of the program. If
at any time you want to get back
to the main menus, click on the
Main Control panel to activate it
and the available menus will
change. If you close any of the
editors or panels you can always
bring them back by selecting
them from the Display menu. Any
that aren't listed in the Display
rnenu can beacti^'ated from other
rrienu options.
Online help
At any time you can call up the
AmigaGulde online help docu-
n>ent by pressing the Help key.
This is a fairly comprehensive
guide to the many different areas
of the program and should
answer most questions and prob-
lems that arise as you find your
way around. >
Where next?
Now you've had a brief
introduction to OctaMED
SoundStudio you can get
started on our new tutorial
series, the first part of iwhich
can be found on page 82. But
before you dive into that you
could tstke a look at our
feature on page 20, which has
everything you need to know
about turning your Amiga
into a complete professional
sound studio.
Main oontrols
The main control panel houses some of the more commonly used buttons and also offers quick
access to four of the most often used sub-editors. The top left corner houses the pfaying control
buttons; Play and Continue for both the whole song and the current bock, plu$ Stop. The D bunon
sets SoundStudio in record standby nnode, started whenever you next press a key. Along the bot-
tom of the Main Control panel are three check boxes: Edit toggles edit mode in which your key-
board presses are recorded onto tlie current track. Space turns on double-space mode fcan be
altered to any spacing you require) and Chord allows you to enter chords from the keyboard* (limit-
ed on AiaOO due to a hardware fault). The Oct button displays the current octaves assigned to the
keyboard. The top section displays the current instrument number, its name and its length
in bytes.
The four buttons in the middle of the panel open up the sub-editors below:
Sample List
This is a way of saving time when you want to
load in a new sample. Instead of fishing around
on a range of disks and drives to find the right
instrument, you can use this to browse your
sound collection from a pre-loaded list of all your
instrument directories. This is very handy ff you
have a hard drive with a number of different
sample directories, and especially useful if you
are limited to worhing from floppy disks. If your
chosen sample is on a floppy or an unmounted
disk, you'll be asked to insert the relevant disk
by name.
To add your own sample directories to the
list, go to the Display menu and select Sample
List Editor. You can then add a number of direc-
tories which will be scanned for filenames and
added to the SampJe List. Select Save List to
save the changes.
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An instrument in SoundStudio is not necessarily
an 8-bit Amiga sample. It could be 8- bit or 16-b(t
stereo or mono. It doesn't actually have to be a
sample at all. It could be a synthetic sound made
In the Synth Sound Editor or a hybrid cross
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even be an external sample, which is a neat way
of cuing a sample via MIDI from a second Amiga
running SoundStudio. If you have an Aura sam-
pler you can set certain sounds to replay through
it, likewise with a Toccata card. However, these
last two selections are only relevant if you ere
using standard four channel mode (as opposed
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This jumps to the Instrument Properties window.
It offers quKe precise control over certain aspects
of each instrument. For eKample, the Hold and
Decay values allow you to set default values for
the sustain and release times of each instrument.
This is also where you set up any MIDI instru'
ments to be used! in your tracks. If you are using
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have selected a synth sound, in which case you'll
sae the synth sound editor instead. The sample
editor is a very powerful part of SoundStudio, gh/-
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ments. This allows you to individually edtt every
byte of your samples, either by drawing on the
waveform display with the mouse, or with the
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What's on Super
OctalVIED SoundStudio, Chaos
Engine 2 demo and whole lot more
on this month's lop quality CD.
How to use CUCD8
As with prior cover CDs, CUCDS can oe used either by booting on a
CD32 or A 1200/4000 with adequate CD32 etmulation. The CD will not
boot under any KIckstan earlier than 3.0. If using the CD via Workbench
and intending to run software direct Iv off the CD then it's important to
first click on the 'Init CD' icon. This sets up various assigns and makes
MUl 3-6 temporarily available if it is not already installed. It's worth noting
that running software directly from CD is a touch-and-go business. While
we've gone to a lot of effort to nnake many programs run from the CD,
others may have to be dragged to your hard drive either manually or by
running an included installer 'hit CD' also runs the New Icons patch so
don't be surprised if the icons change afterwards.
A word on demos and games
Demos and games are almost nevef coded in a so-caHed OS Legal
way. That means that while they rriay work for us, they might not
work for you for several reasons. Either your hardware set-up is
slightly different or some third party software running on your Amiga
may upset the demo or consume resources that the demo/game
requires. Please do not as&u me the CD is simply 'faulty' if any of this
software refuses to run.
It simply isn't practical for uS to make everything on the CD run on
every possible hardware / software configuration. The majority of files
win be fine on the majority of systems, but the further away your sys-
tem is from the norm, the more that won't work on it, Do not be too
surprised if you find some software doesn't work on your half meg
Kickstart 1 .2 A500 or your Power PC accelerated 4000T the people
who wrote the software probably didn't have one to check it on.
There are things you can do to make the software more likely to
run. Closing down any other software, screens and so on will free up
resources. Best of all copy the demo/game onto your hard drive and
then boot with no startup sequence. This involves resetting and hold^
ing down both mouse buttons then click on 'boot with no startup-
sequence,'" You'll then be placed into the Amiga DOS so yoti'd need to
know enough about that aspect of your Amiga to navigate to where
the offending software is and run it. As a genera! rule, if the game or
demo still doesn't work then it's incompatible with your machine.
Some demos will only ever work when run in this fashion. If you get
a requester asking for a specific volume then the software needs
'assigns' set up and so is fairly likely it has an installer that should
have been run.
Finally, if you are having problems getting anything to run, please
please make sure you have read am the documentation before you
send your CD to Siberia in fury!
Chaos Engine 2
here at CU Amiga Magazine we like to bring you the best there is.
Second best just isn't enougfi. We'll fight people to get the good
stuff If we have to, but there was no need to strap on the old knuckle
dusters this month when this beauty turned up. Chaos Engine 2 is
one of the best games to hit the Amiga in ages, and if you don't
believe me, there is a full level here for you to try out, with four char-
acters to choose from and the excellent split screen two payer mode
ready to rockl The are separate AGA and A&OO versio^ns on the CD,
What's in your drawers
Aaah, the sun is shin-
ing and the birds have HH I W ^ii-i^
broken into song. It
must be that CUCD
time of the month!
Readers who have
used a CU Amiga CD-
ROM before will find
everything fairly famil-
iar. CUCD8 is set up
as a Workbench disk,
and can be booted
from on an appropri-
ate machine. Clicking the INIITCD icon will set up your system to nun
from the CD properly. The first thing that you may notice as a result
of clicking on this is that all the icons change - don't panic, this is the
the excellent New! cons system, not some obscure virus.
T'he Workbench 3.1 drawers such as Prefs, System, Utilities and
Tools are in the root directory.
The audio track
This month's audio track is called Giraffe, by our esteemed editor and
music maestro Tony "the Organ" Morgan, This great track (I had to
say that, he's the boss) demonstrates the capabilities of OctaMED
SoundStudio. If you want to know more, you can read all about it in
the feature article on page 25.
in the root directory of CUCD8
OctaMED Sound Studio
Judging by the num-
ber of mods we get
sent every month,
there are a lot of you
out there who are into
making music If you
are one of them, then
you needed this. This
is THE Amiga sound
package, 94% rated
when we reviewed it
in our September 96
issue. Yep this is it,
the latest package.
Well what would you
expect us to give you? Some old version of OctaMED i* Nah, not us,
Tfie full Monty, as our antipodean CD editor would say
A sample 1 6-bit track can be found in the parent directory of the
samples drawer {the audio track from September 96K Select the open
menu option, then click on parent from the file requester to locate it.
nmsfM^
TJ tlih IHb-t
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I *»^ *- ^ bI fcy-* •*- il itv*ft
Using CUCDS on non Amigas
If you don't have a CD-ROM for your Amiga but have access to a CD-
ROM on another computer, you may still be able to get a lot out of
CUCDS, Files can be copied onto PC formatted 720k disk, then
loaded into your Amiga using CrossDos. which came as standard
with Workbench versions 2 and higher If you don't know how to use
CrossDos, you will find it fully explained in the Workbench manual.
Don't expect anything to run from the CD however.
I
ROMS?
utilities
Multiview, Clock and some tools for working with Newlcon images
can be found here,
Contains ihe Workbench 3.1 tools drawer
Pti^fs
Tlie Workbencli 3.1 preferences drawer and Newlcon prefs.
System
The 3.1 system drawer plus support files," The latest versions of MUl
3,6. PPSI-iow. Visage, Flick, Parnet, Mewlcons, HappyENV. GMPlay,
Hippopiayer, Play IB, DeliTracker and SuperView are all crammed here
to aid access to the rest of the CD.
WWW
Who needs a modem when you have CUCD8? We've taken a load of
web sites and stuck them on the CD for you to browse at a speed that
wouid give the fastest modem a nervous breakdown. I Browse and
Aweb are both here for you to use. just clfck on the one of your
choice and get browsing, The QuikPak, Phase5 and PIOS websites are
3)1 here, so you can make up your own mind as to who has the safest
pair of hands for the future of the Amiga. All the latest and greatest
products can be previewed on the websites of HiQ, Blittersoft,
CloantO and the AmigaMall.
Surf of the month pages include a Fled Dwarf site, the met office
pages (don't expect today's weather), and in keeping with this
month's musical theme we've checked in websites from Japanese
music electronics giants Yamaha, Roland and British mixing desk
masters Soundcraft.
Inside the CUCD drawer
On-Jine
All sorts of utilities for the net-heads amongst you, including mail-
watch, Voodoo, AmiTalk, the Aminet index and a bunch of toolbar
icons for l6rowse.
Programming
Birds do it; bees da it. even educated fleas do it, let's do it, let's code
3 chunky to planar routine. And if you aren't sure where to start, how
about the full, complete source code for Alien Breed 3D2? The ques-
tion on everyone's Eips ,.. who wi I compile it first? If Unix is more your
flavour, check out the Ixemul developers
kit and get that Unix emulation library to sing
your tune. All this lost on you? Yearning for do ... while loops and
sprite banks? Check out the AMOS FAQs! We cater for all tastes,
Graphics
More anims to tickle your fancy and lots of icons, around 40Mb of
objects for users of Imagine, fractals, trekkie pics and more.
Readers
Lots here this month, including some stuff we couldn't cram onto last
months disk such as Georges Segal's 8Mb Imagine anim, some great
organic art by Joel Nicklasson, and some nice hand drawn and
composites by Jon Scutt. Great games include Space Farming, an
enormous SF strategy game by 'king' Knut Olav Laite, utils include an
X'fjles guide so detailed it's spooky and the amazing Globat Mapping
System. Animator Dale Hemenway shows of his new Zip drive by
sending us 34- Mb tool
Demos
Check out the entries to the Party '96 demo competition for the cut-
ling edge of Amiga demo programming. Some of these require fairly
powerful computers to run, so check any accompanying text fUes hrst.
Information
The latest version of the AmigaGuide to the Amiga's shared libraries,
AlJ those libraries that have been hanging around on your hard drive
for years that even Mulder and Scully couldn't explain fully document-
ed. Also the latest updates on Team Amiga.
Utilities
Check out MagicMenu, an intuition improver, and the amazingly useful
SearchGuide, which can save a lot of hunting when you are looking for
something buried deep inside a big AmigaGuide,
Sound
Check out the latest version of the brilliant Hippopiayer. the player that
copes with more sound formats than anything else. This is the one we
use as our default payer for all the mods on CUCD-ROMs. There is also
a MiDlplayer with a bunch of sample midi tracks and another stack of
mods to keep your neighbours awake late into the night.
Games
Hey, who needs all this boring serious stuff, where are the games?
Here., you wingnuti Check out Deface, a great little puzzler, and the
demo of the 256 cofour high-res demolition derby That is Burnout, There
are also a selection of Worms levels and replacement sounds and some
card sets for Klondike.
Driving CUCDs
Generally driving CUCDs is as simple as clicking on an icon of
something you want to run, play see etc. You should find it will
automatically activate a player, viewer or run the program without
further ado. Of course if you access CUCD from a directory utility,
then you can use your own choice of players, viewers etc, on the
specific files.
We can't emphasise enough the importance of clicking on any
readme or other documentation files inside each directory. There's
simply too much material for us to detail here so you'll have to
explore, read the documentation and see if each program or what-
ever is of use or interest to you.
So have fun exploring CUCDB and don't forget to send us any
work of your own so we can include it on later CDs! Also feel free
to write into the magazine and tell us what you'd like to see on
future CDs or how you'd like to see them organised . Address all
letters of this topic to CD Editor. Enjoy!
13
Get your work
published!
Do you have
software, artwork,
utilities, mods, games or any other
Amiga creations that you think are
worthy of Inclusion on a Super CD?
If so, get them to us now and give
your work a worldwide audience.
The best music module each month
even gets recorded onto the CD as
an audio trackl
[how to send your work in
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.1\lew World of Amiga Show
Odate has b&en set for
the next World Of
Amiga Show. It's to be
held on Saturday 17th
and Sunday IBth May 1997 at last
year's venue, the Novotel in
Hammersmilh. West London,
The organisers promise that all
the latest developments in Amiga
technology will be on display
Apparently response from the
Amiga industry has been very
positive with a host of big name
developers and suppliers all
pledging their support for the
show, Unconfirmed but reported
to be 'pencilled in' tor the show
are names such as Hi Soft, Digita,
HIQ, PD Soft, Blittersoft and Epic
among others.
Many of the exhibitors are
planning to release and show
new hardware and software
developments, to such an extent
that this year's show could be a
significant move away from the
market-stall theme of recent years
to s (TKxe conventional showcase
for new developments. Even so,
you can be Sure there won't be
any shortage of bargains to be
had. Based on previous form, you
should be able to pick up many
current items at drastically
reduced prices. So be prepared
and take some spending money!
Last year's show was a big
success with far more visitors
attending than had been anticipat-
ed by the organisers. The si?e of
the arena was far too small lead-
ing to a Crush that lasted most of
the show's duration. Wo doubt
the lesson has been learned and
this year's exhibition will be rather
better organised so as to nriin-
imise queues and give everyone
enough space to enjoy the show.
CU Amiga Maga2ine will be
there of course. The CU Amiga
Magazine stand was totally
mobbed last year and there are
plans afoot to ensure that this
year wifl be no exception with a
host of exclusives and surprises.
Tickets on the door are priced
at £B for adults and £6 for
children. See you there.
Haage & Partner Release StomiC 2.0
The German distributor/developer
Haage 6 Partner recently
announced a StormG 2,0, the
next version of their C/C+ -I- com-
piler for the 600x0 series
of processors.
New features include hierarchi-
cal projects, external ARexx con-
trol, persistent break points,
disassembler. CPU register dis-
play and stack checking. Sounds
promising for Anniga program-
mers, expect a review in CU
Amiga soon.
Looking more to the future,
Haage & Partner have also
announced Storm PPC for the
Motorola Power PC CPU. A C
compiler which runs on 680x0
Amigas but can generate Power
PC output code. Very few details
are available except that it is still
in beta testing while it is opti-
mised still further
Given that it's the only PPC
compiler available, it looks to
be the essential tool for develops
ers with Phase B's PowerUP
PowerPC cards.
Contact Haage & Partner
on +49-6007'93005-0 for
more information.
Epic Announce Games Label
Epic long time suppliers of CD-
ROMs, have announced that they
ara moving into the games market
with their own games label, Islona,
They are planning to release their
games primarily on CD-ROM,
although disk versions of some of
the titles will be made available.
Their first planned releases
(priced around £25) are Kargon, a
3D Dungeon Master style
adventure puzzler and Testament,
a Doom clone.
Sixth Sens© investigators is
another title pencil fed in for an
early release. Produced by
Cinetech,, this Day of the Tentacle
style game, was ported over from
the PC usJng their custom adve''
ture porting tool. This means thtj:
porting of PC CD-l=!OM adventure
titles to the Amiga could become
very cheap and therefore very
attractive to publishers.
NEWS
QuikPak for Amiga'i
?
Following the announcemenl that
VfScorp havs in effect pulled out
of the Amiga Technologies take-
over deal (see News, March
issue}, Canadian computer manu-
facturer QuikPak have expressed
an interest in acquiring the
Amiga rights and technology,
The ever-fruitful rumour mill
has elevated QuikPak to the sta-
tus of front-irunner in the bid for
the Amiga, although at the time
of going to press there is no offi-
cial evidence to back this up,
QuikPak are the company con-
tracted to manufacture the
A4000T for Escom's Amiga
Technologies arm. They have
since expanded their production
to a range of early models of
new A4000T-based machines,
Aimed squarely at the
high-end of the Amiga market,
these new machines include
the A4040L, described as a
"luggable system'.
The A4040UA4060L is
designed as a portable non-linear
video editing system with a
VideoToaster and a VideoToaster
Flyer at its heart. It's advertised
in a number of configurations of
CPU and with or without the
Toaster parts, with prices ranging
from S4495 to S5995, An A5050T
is also pronnised, combining a
680x0 a Pentium processor in
one computer.
That little lot doesn't seem to
offer much to the 'typical'
European Amiga user, with the
Toaster only compatible with the
USA TV standard NTSC, and
prices likely to be translated
directly from dollars to sterling (le.
S4495=£4495). QuikPak have
made noises about addressing
the lower end scene but so
far specific details have not
been forthcoming.
In an open letter "to the Amiga
community" posted on their web
site (which has since been
removed) QuikPak acknowledged
the loyalty of Amiga users and
asked for input and feedback.
You can catch up with the
latest news from QuikPak from
their web site at http://www.ami-
gasupport.com/quikpak
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Vulcan Swoop for
Genetic Species
Vulcan software have signed the
extremely impressive Doom
clone Genetic Species from
developers aMBROSIa.
A demo version of Genetic
Species has been knocking
around for ^ little while now, and
has been generating some real
excitement amongst Amiga
gamers who have seen it.
Running at extremely accept-
able speeds on a decent Amiga
even at 1 by 1 pixels in 256
colour full screen mode, this
game would be interesting even
if it wasn't for the fact that initial
impressions suggest that it will
be very playable too.
■Vulcan say they are working
closely with aMBROSIa at the
moment helping them with the
graphic design and gameplay. It
is going to be a few months
before Genetic Species hits the
shops ye\, but if it is as good as
it looks like being, expect it to be
the game of '97.
Vulcan say that they are being
contacted by software develop-
ers all the time; they currently
have an amazing 20 titles either
signed gp or in negotiation, and
ere always happy to see more.
They are offering a developers kit
to interested parties which lists
their terms of publication.
Vulcan appear determined to
show that they are a lot more
than just publishers of top down
adventure puzzlers with sampled
speech. Releases on their way
include Breed 2000, oddly titled
given that it is set in 2032ad, an
SF strategy game, Strangers, a
beat 'em up, ultra violent AGA, a
blaster with three levels of paral-
lax scrolling in 256 colours, and
Hell Pigs, a huge graphic adven-
ture/ action title which will be
released on CD and, without the
intros etc. on an astonishing 22
ffoppies. Vulcan Software claim
this game is so good they almost
fainted when they first saw it!
For more information about
Genetic Species or any of Vulcan
Software planned releases you
can contact them on tel; 01705
670 269 or on their web site
www.vy lea n . GO- U k.
Stateside
by Jason Cuinptan
Zone is Online
Harv Laser, moderator and
sysop of ttie AmigaZone, had
promised a Web interface for
AmigaZone subscribers on Poftai
for some tinne, But Pbrtal was
uncooperative and shut down
operations over the summer
However. CalWeb, wliich adopt-
ed the now twice-orphaned
AnnigaZone (the Zone originated
on PeopleLink in the mid BOs), is
thankfullv much better, The
Amiga Zone, one of the best
Amiga-only onNne services, can
now offer virtually all of its
features to subscribers through
the World Wide Web.
By going to the page
http://amigazone,com. Zone
subscribers can access news
and Email, as well as the Zone's
own message bases and files.
Live chat is also a feature that is
hoped to be supported on the
Amiga in the near future. Of
course, the Amiga Zone's world-
wide Telnettabl© interface is still
available as well.
For more information about,
visit the Amiga Zone Web inter-
face page above, or the general
information site at
httpV/www.amigazone. com.
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More Changes at VIScorp
VIScorp's fall from popularity in
the Amiga market has been
nearly as rapid as their earlier
ascendancy As they have been
unable to deliver on their stated
goals, the pubfic has become dis^
iilusioned and the company has
begun to express doubts as to its
abiHty to complete the Amiga
acquisition at all.
In the midst of all this, two
mo4"e resignations have occurred.
In early January, CEO Bill Buck
and Director of European
Operations Raque! Velasco
resigned from VIScorp, True to
form. VIScorp did not discuss the
departures, but Chief Operating
Ofhcer Hugh Jencks stated that
there is no immediate replace-
ment lined up. In the meantime,
Jencks and Chairman Jerry
Greenberg wiEl continue to oper-
ate the company from VIScorp's
Chicago headquarters.
In a related story, VIScorp
amended an earlier public state-
ment they made which implied
"that VIScorp had funded Amiga
Technologies' operation in bank-
ruptcy. That funding came from
an entity called 'Velasco GmbH',
which VIScorp says they plan to
purchase. It is not a stretch to
infer that this 'Velasco' is indeed
Raquel Velasco, and that the
above resignations are jn
some way linked to this
upcoming acquisition.
Like any company VIScorp has
its share of difficulties with for-
Tier employees. There is now a
good handful of lawsuits and
counter-suits involving VIScorp
and former ennployees. The
longest i'unning saga, which
VIScorp won but is now in
appeal, mvolved Nolan Bush nel I.
founder of Atari and one-time
CEO of VfScorp. Presently, no
fewer than four employees who
left the cornpany in 1995 are
engaged in lawsuits with VlScorp,
VvlScorp has obtained a prelimi-
nary injunction against Interactive
Video Publishing for issues of
intellectual property theft, and
!VP is made up of three of these
former ViScorpians, In addition.
an IVP principal and yet another
former employee have filed a
breach of contract suit against
the company.
In their year-end filing with the
SEC (Securities and Ei^change
Commission, the federal govern-
ing body for public companies},
VIScorp states that they are now
doubtful as to whether or not
their initial offer for the Amiga
wi^ll be completed with Escom,
but that they are still interested in
acquiring the Amiga technology
"on the open market." In addition,
for the first time the issue has
been raised as to whether or not
VIScorp can continue as a viable
going concern, as the company
has completed its sixth year with-
out produ'Ct revenue. VIScorp can
be reached at 31 2-655-O903,
http ;//vi/vwv.vis^/,com.
Nova Design Gets New Showpiece
To help promote their product
line of powerfuf graphics cre-
ation tools on the Amiga, Wova
Design of Richmond, Virginia
has commissioned a demonstra-
tion videotape from Chicago-
based video production
company The Vantage Point,
The nine-minute tape shows
off the features of the popular
ImageFX 2.6 image processing
and effects package, as well as
the capabilities of previous ver-
sions of Aladdin, the 3D software
Nova recently acquired the rights
to. Nova plans to release V 5.0 of
the software, with a new, updat-
ed interface, enhanced features,
and tight integration with
ImageFX Imminently,
The videotape was produced
at The Vantage Point entirely with
Amiga technology A Draco
Amiga-compatible workstation
provided the editing facilities, and
was used along with an
A2O0O/O40 for the creation of
original ImageFX scenes. In addi-
tion, professionally produced
effects and scenes using
ImageFX and Aladdin are show-
cased on the videotape, including
footage from two motion pictures
featuring ImageFX production.
Nova Design can be reached
at 804-2B2-1T57, www.novade-
sign.com The Vantage Fbint can
be reached at 773^65-&15S,
www.xnet.com/-bohus
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Congratulations. You
have made a sound
decision, as you are
now the owner of the
most amazing music
package ever written
for the Amiga. Let
Tony l-i organ be your
guide as we uncover
the many talents of
this complete
software package.
Teijo ICinnunen's OctaMED
SoundStudio is one of a kind - a
unique music program that
leapfrogs the competition and
breai<s free of the traditional sonic
limits imposed by the Ami^ga's fiardware.
Until SoundStudio, Amiga music software
could, at best, push out eight poor-quality
channels, or altematfvely four channels of
rather better quality sound. Now all that
has chaniged. Even on a basic A 1200
SoundStudio can offer M-bit output (as
opposed to the official maxinnum 8-bit
bandwidth) in realtime with echo effects
and even nnore channefs than ever before.
Amazingly, on just such a basic Amiga,
with SoundStudio it's possible to output
CD quality stereo 16-bit music consisting
of up to 64 channels., direct lo hard drive!
Hook up a CD-ROM writer (now available
for around £300) and you have all you
need to master your very own audio CDs.
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range of 16-bit sound cards and at last
those old a^bit i imitations are gone forev-
er. Of course it's a doddle to integrate
MIDI instruments into yOLJr SoundStudio
projects too, so tfie expansion options
are limitless.
As you've probably now realised.
SoundStydb is the biggest advance in
Amiga music software since the first ever
tracker was written alJ those years ago,
Over the next few pages we'll cover some
of the major features and go into some
ttetail on what they could me for you.
New order
■ -St let's take a look at the heart of
' JundStudfo's new box of tricks; the mrjc-
j section. SoundStudio differs from
- -taMED end other trackers in that it has
■■: own form of 'retargetable audio'.
itead of using the sound chip Paula to
jnipulate and play aH the sounds, the
ftware does the hard work of combining
- !he tracks as they play processing
" -jm according to any effects you have
-ecified. It does this extremely quickly
■-ijlting in a steady stream of sound
data, which in effect is a continuous
stereo sample, This sound data can then
be passed onto your preferred output
device which couid be the Amiga's sound
chip, a IB-bit sound card or even a stor-
age device such as a hard drive or Zip
<fck- Even if you dfrect this to the Amiga
iound chip, SoundStudio wfll give you the
opfiof) to output at 14-bit or S-bit.
There are a number of other advan-
tiges that come from this approach.
'■^'Bditional trackers are limited to process-
samples with the Amiga sound chip,
:h is unable to play samples in reverse
example. This is now possibl'e {without
St making a reversed copy of the sam-
I) so you can set up ping-pong loops on
r samples. Other effects can be added
>ig the 'mixing' stage, such as echoes
f variable length and depth.
One major factor irt the overall sound
' ' you get from SoundStudio is the
ng rate. This is the sample rate of the
I nTiixed sound, so higher mixing rates
1 10 superior fidelity. There's a side
ct to this mixing process which can
I a tittle noise to the final output,
-igh this can be countered using the
othing' function from the mix
IS, Smoothing takes a lot of proces-
f power and so is not recommended on
' Amigas or on projects that use a lot
rchannels. However, smoothing shoufcf
i be used if you are outputting to
. as this wiJI work fine regardless of
>8|)«ed,
4-bit Paula
.]Qt the CD edition of CU Amiga
:n you'll find a large seJection of
' samples and another substantial
section containing 9-bit samples, A
smaller collection is also on the cover
disks of the floppy disk edition.
Either way, you can mix and match
samples from both collections in the
this case the highest rate will depend on
your CPU power
Direct to disk
On slower Amigas, such as 68O0O and
same^ songs without any trouble. }n gen- 68020 machines, it's not practical to plav
eral it s best to work with 1 ^bit samples, loads of channels in realtime and exD^ct
even if you are going to output at 14'bit
or even S-bit, but so long as the samples
you have are good and clear there won't
be any problems.
If you run the same module through 8-
bit and then 14-bit output modes you'lJ
notice that although the 14-bit output is
not as loud, it is a lot dearer with less dis-
tortion and fuzz in the top end. You might
also notice that this 14-bit output is some-
times not as good as you would get from
normal four-channel mode. This is the
trade off you make for the extra tracks and
effects that SoundStudio offers. However,
this isn't a significant problem with a 'fast'
Amiga, such as one powered by a 50MHz
030 CPU.
Quirks Sife bound to be uncovered
whenever a program pushes a machine
to such extremes. One of these quirks is
the maximum mix rate that's possible
when using the Amiga's sound chip for
output. Wormallv you will be limited to a
rf\\K rate of 28kHz, but this is dependent
On the screen mode you are running. It
sounds bizarre, but if you have a monitor
capable of displaying non-video modes,
(eg, Multiscan) then you can switch to
one of these alternative modes and
you'll be able to use a higher mix rate. In
realtime and expect
top sound quality However, there's a very
simple way to use as many channels as
you like, and still get estcellent sound quali-
ty regardless of the speed of your Amiga.
The secret is to use the direct to disk
recording features, The basic theory is that
you construct a small section [half a block
for example} made up of as many channels
as you like, then select Disk 8-bit from the
Mixing Settings window, with a mix rate
somewhere between 16 and 2SkH2. Now
when you click the Play button you'll be
asked to specify a destination for the out-
put - in other words enter a filename and
say where you want the output to be saved
(floppy disk for small sections, hard disk for
anything up to an entire song, whatever).
Click Stop when the relevant part has been
recorded, otherwise it will loop until you fill
your destination device. Mow you can clear
the current song and re-load the sample
you just made, which will now only use a
sfngle channel, or two if you output a
stereo file. You can then use standard four-
channel mode if you prefer the slightly
clearer sound qualfty.
Working this way you can use as many
channels as you like on even a basic A&OO
Plus with no hard drive. So whatever
machine you have, SoundStudio is a boon.
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Sound cards
Why Commodore never upgraded the
Amiga's 8-bit sound is a mystery to ys ail,
but there hav/e been a number of 16-bit
sound cards released by third parties,
many of which are compatible with
Sound Studio. You can choose from
Toccata, Delfina or Maestro cards to act as
a 16-bit output. These are all Zorro cards,
and so are only available to users of big-
box Amigas. You can select any of these
as output options from the main MlKirng
Options window, selected from the
Settings menu, A1200 and A600 users can
tal<e advantage of the support for the Aura
PCMCIA sampler,
You can't select Aura as an output
device from the mixing options, but you
can assign individual samples to play
through Aura (from the Instrument Type
selector}. One way to get the most from
the Aura features is to record parts of
your sing tO disk as 16-bit samples and
then play these through Aura, re-using
the rest of your channels for new sam-
ples. Setting up the program for masci-
mum quality Aura output quality can be
tricky. You need to try different settings
of the Minimum. Period slider (accessed
from the Aura Sampler option of the
Settings menu) to determine the highest
output rate possible on your machine.
Lower period settings equate to higher
output rates. You'll know if you set too
high a rate because the software will lock
up temporarily. Samples cani also be
assigned to output through a Toccata card,
although in this case you can only
replay samples at a small range of pre-
set pitches due to limitations of the
Toccata hardware.
Virtual mixar
Fine tuning of your mix is essential if
you want it to sound professional
and polished. SoundStudio has a
few control windows which when
combined add up to a powerfu
virtual mixing desk. First of
all there's the channel
volume control section.
Accessed from the Song
menu,
this is
used
to set
the
relative vol-
umes of each
channel along with the overaH
output volume, The master volume should
always be set to maximium for
optimum sound quality, unless you're
doing a manual fade in or fade out of the
whole song.
The Mixing Settings window leads off to
the other two remaining parts of the virtual
mixer, The first of these is the panning con-
troller This works in a similar way to the
volume control, but this time each channel
has a horizontal Slider to define Its position
in the stereo image. The Sum of Balances
reading at the top gives you a rough guide
to how well your overall song is balanced
by displaying the average panning value
of all the
channels, Rnally there's the
Effects control panel. This deals
with the realtime effects processing,
currently consisting of two types of echoes
(maybe miore effects will be added in the
future). The standard echo will add an echo
to the whole song. Cross echo adds a
stereo ping-pong type of echo effect. You
can alter the space between the echoes by
altering the Echo Rate value, and the vol-
ume of the echoes themselves can be
changed from the Echo Depth slider.
These echoes are applied to all tracks.
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Master your own CDs
It's n-ever been easier or cheaper to
cut your own audio CDs.
SoundStudio cuts through a mass of
expensive and long-winded process-
es allowing you to create stereo 16-
:::it audio files at 44v1fcH2 without the need
'or any external eqyipmemt at all. These
files can then be used directly to cut audio
CDs using a CD-ROM writer and some
suitable software, That's got to be the ulti-
mate digital mastering system: no mixers,
no digital-analogue-digital conversions,
and you end up with a perfect recording
that can be replayed on any domestic CD
player. And yes, you can do this with any
Amiga (expect si 1.3 machine}, even if it
hag no 16-bit sound card.
How it works
Tfris is ail possible thanks to the 'mixing'
stage in which SoundStudio prepares its
final sound data to be sent to a specified
destination, As was explained earlier, this
is a stream of sound sannple data. When
this is passed to the Amiga sound chip or
a 16-bit card, it's turned into sound that
you can hear. When its passed to a file on
a disk, it's ^A/ritten as one long sound sam-
ple file. Music is stored on audio CDs in
pretty much the same way, so in effect
you dump the music to your hard disk or
any other storage device,
then copy it to the CD
using specia
CD writing
software (a number of CD writing software
packages are available in shareware and
commercial form}.
It makes no difference whether you
have a sound card or not, because the
data is sent straight to your specified hard
drive destination. The speed of your
Amiga is also irrelevant iin this case.
Normally a slow Amiga wouldn't be able
to output at 44.1kHz as the CPU wouldn't
be B'ble to keep up. However, when you're
writing a file on disk, SoundStudio has
built-in time correction so to account for
different CPU data transfer rates. So even
though It might take 20 minutes to writs a
complex module that lasted five minutes
when played in real time, the resulting file
on the hard drive would play back at
exactly the right speed when put onto an
audio CD,
CD writers
Until very recently, the idea of adding a CD
writer to an Amiga would have been
reserved for the affluent minority That's all
changed now, as for one reason or anoth-
er, over the last year prices of CD writers
have been plummeted, it's now possible
to pick up an internal CD writer drive for
around £300 and you can take your pick
from a range of CD writing software too,
CD writers look just like normal CD-ROM
drives. They can read CD-ROMs
but of course they can also ,
write them. These drives
use a special type of
blank CD which
can be
writtef> to once onfy. You can't go back
and delete or copy over anything once
you've 'burned' a blank CD, These bfanks
cost anything from £5 to £20 each,
depending on how many you buy, the
brand, and where you gat them from.
Blank CDs are very temperamental things
and have a tendency to 'blow out' during
the writing process if they're not happy.
It's vital that a blank is clean and free of
dust when it's put into the CD writer. Even
if dirt doesn't stop it blowing out during
burning, it will deflect the laser as it
writes, leading to a bad master that proba-
bly won't work.
Don't forget
Bearing in mind that blank CDs aren't
cheap and their fussy nature, it's impor-
tant that you have everything set up prop-
erly before you start to write one. You
can't abort half way through and have
another go on the same CD - if you stop a
CD writing in mid-flow it will be rendered
useless. When running out your hard disk
fi^le from SoundStudio, make sure you
select the correct file format (check with
your CD writing software for formats it can
deal with). Also make sure you have the
mtx rate set to 44.1kHz and that you out-
put a stereo file. If you have the mix rate
incorrectly set, the track will play back at
the wrong speed or not at all.
Another point to keep in mind is the
volume adjustment setting. This is found
fn the mix settings section and allows you
(o alter the 'scaling' of the channels to get
the best output volume level. In othei"
words, it's like an overall volume control. If
you set it too high the sound will be dis-
torted where the waveform clips. If it's too
low then the sound will be quiiet, lacking in
definition and more inclined to sampling
noise, not using the full range of the 16-bit
bandwidth. Always turn smoothing on
when running out a module to hard disk.
When it's played back, either through a
l6-bit card or from an audio CD, you might
notice that it seems to have less treble
content than when you played it in real-
time without Smoothing. This is indeed
the case, but the treble that has
gone is treble that shouldn't
have been there in the first
place. Remember this
when setting your rela-
tive instrument vol-
ume levels and editing
samples. You miay find
it best to balance It so
that it sounds slightly
treble-heavy when
played without
smoothing. There are a
number of CD writer
software packages avail-
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for the Amiga. Most are
currently undergoing fairly
major upgrades at the
m«oment. We'll be taking a
close look at some of the
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MIDI sequencing
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There's no reason why your music
set-up should start and end with
your Amiiga. Contrary to popular
belief, SoundStudio is rdeal for
anyone who wants to run a MIDI
syi^tem from their Amiga, MIDI instru-
ments and Amiga samples can be seam-
lessly integrated in the same projects.
In fact, if you really want to get the
most from your Amiga, a combination of
samples and MIDI instruments is definite-
iy the way to go,
To demonstrate this, the first audio
track on this mionth's CD edition {actually
track 2. track 1 is CD-ROM data) was cre-
ated with SoundStudio and a mode&t
MIDI system. It can be played on any hi-fi
CD player or CD-ROM drive.
CD audio track
Track 2, the first audio track on this
month's CD-HOM edition, is called
'Giraffe' arid was created by myself
using a combir^ation of MIDI instrurrients
and 8-bit Amiga samples, all sequenced
and recorded Ifve in a single pass
from SoundStudio.
The entire set-up used to make it con-
sisted of the following; an Amiga, Omeggi
fVojectS Sound Enhancer, MIDI interface.
Novation Bass Station analogue synth,
^.heetah MS6 analogue synth module,
famaha FX 500 stereo effects processor.
'Fostex X-26 cassette multitrackymixer.
DCC 730,
The kit list
the Amiga samples were passed
'Ough the Sound Enhancer, a small unit
Dt boosts bass and treble frequencies,
"liga samples were used for the zappy
■^chno sounds at the yery start, the per-
^ssion. stabs and stop effects, and the
-peating siren type loop.
The BassStation supplied the bassline
while the Cheetah MS6 was used for the
synth string chord (you want a whole
chord sequence? Maybe next time ...)
These were combined with the six-input
mixer section of the Fostex X-26 cassette
multitracl^er (no multi-tracking or record-
ing was done with the X-26 cassette
deck). Via the singlie stereo effects loop
of the X-26 mixer, the BassStation, MS6
and two channels of Amiga samples
were all processed in varying amounts
with the Yamaha FX 500 unit. The chan-
nels of Amiga samples containing the
bass drum and a few other bits and
pieces were left 'dry' with no effects
added. Of course SoundStudio is quite
capable of driving much bigger studio
set-ups than this.
The main output from the mixer was
recorded onto Digital Compact Cassette
on a DCC 730. This was then transferred
to hard disk via a Toccata IG-bit sampler
card and then written to the master CD.
Production notes
Due to demands of having to put a maga-
zine together this month as well as mess-
ing around in the studio (and other lame
excuses), it was written and then slightly
remixed in a total of around four to five
hours. Not surprisingly there are a few pro-
duction glitches, so let's take a look at
them and see how they occurred.
Getting the relative levels of each sound
sent to the effect processor was tricky,
especially as the sound returned from the
effects box was very strong in a narrow
band of high frequencies. This is good for
'crisping up' the sound, but too much leads
to a hard tinny overtone. During the drop-
out section in the middle, the intensity is
raised by sending niiore of the siren-type
loop to the effects box. During the live mix I
accidentally started twiddling the wrong
knob (the Cheetah MS6 channel) which
went uncorrected. The result of this is the
single note from the MS6 coming through
at too high a volume all of a sudden once
the track builds up again, which was then
rather hastily turned back down again as
the mistake became apparent.
Overall equalisation levels seem to be
about right according to a couple tests on
different systems. The mix is not helped by
the reverb and distortion on the bassline,
Although it makes it more moody than just
the 'dry' sound from the synth, it also has
the effect of making it less clear and
defined in its role as a bassline. A general
rule of thumb with basslines is not to put
them through heavy reverb effects, but
then again if it sounds right, go with it. All
the sound sources were mono, so the
stereo echo/distortion effect is useful for
adding some space to the overall sound, it
goes on quite a bit too - eight minutes is a
bit, drawn out fof home listening but it's
designed to be a trancey club track, hence
the length and the loreakdown to just the
beats at the end. So now it's your turn, ■
Expand and deliver
Once you start adding extra kit to your core Amiga sv^tem voii won't be able to
stop. Kere''s a quick list of some of the maiit items you could consider, and what
tfiey'll do for you,
MIXER. This is essentinl to combine all your sound sources into a single stereo
signal- You can now choose from a wide range of qualtty srnall miKers priced
between £150 and £200.
MASTEfi RECORDER. There are a number of optiona here. The most popular is DAT
(starts at around £40C), DCC 1$ good for those on a very tight budget {£24^1.
Sound module. Modern multi -timbrel sound modules come packed with all kinds
of sounds and usually have their own affects processors buift-in. Prices start
around f^CH).
BflUM MACHINE, Not as popular as they used to be since the rise of the sampler
and sound modules with built-in drum kits^ but a good one will serve you welL
Cheaper models available for around £1&0.
EFFECTS PROCESSOft. Add reverb, echo, distortion, flange and other special effects
to your sounds to give them more character and general sheert. Around £200 will
get you a good starter model.
CONTROLLER KEYBOARD. Not normally a priority purchase for a small system, but
most set-ups will eventually include one of these. Makes no sound but controls
other sound modules that have no keyboard. Expect to pay around £200 upwards.
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At CU Amiga
Magazine we get
more encfuiries on v^
printers than any "'
other subject. Which'
should I buy? Why
doesn't it woric? Can
I get a driver for this?
Printer guru Larry
Hiol<mott is here with
all the facts.
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If 1 had to name one thing people do
with computers that is sure to give
them grey liaJrs, it wouid be printing,
i know Irom experience, because
I've now got as many grey hairs as a
certain well known ex football rmanager
by tlie name of Kevin Keegan! Tliis aging
process can be avoided by putting in a lit-
tle homework, such as reading CU Amiga
Magazine! I think we all know that a print-
er is one of the first 'extras' that comput-
er jseirs buy for their machine, bul do
you really know much about what makes
it all tick?
Possibly not. because in this era of
plug and play, what most people want is
to take the printer home, plug it in and
then start printing, Mot only that, from the
letters 8 get, it seenns most people expect
perfect results from the time they hit
the print button, Unfortunately, printer
technology doesn't work like that on the
Amiga - yet.
When it comes to using a printer on
your Amiga, you need to understand not
only how your Amiga works with a
printer, but also how the printer itself
operates. Only today, v©t another
letter popped through my letter box from
an Amiga user telling me in the best
soap opera tradition, how pages don't
print in the right place on the paper and
how they can't get their printer to fill
the paper.
Such questions shouldn't need to be
,^sked once you've read this article to
understand more about your machine.
For him, and all you other printer users
out there, over the next few pages, I'll tell
yoLi what you need to know to solve
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sorne fundamental' problems arrd lots
more besides, but first, a look at the
different categories of printers that
are available,
Just your type
Like people, not all printers are made the
same. You have diffeient categories of
printers as well as different types within
each category.
Take ink-jets. Not all ink=iets are ttie
same because you have ones that print in
colour and monochrorre, others that only
print in monochrome, high resolution'
models. A4 and A3 formats and Ihe list
goes on. No wonder people start pulling
their hair (only the grey ones of course)
out at the wide array of choices there are
these days.
Dot matrix
Dot-matrix printers also known as impact
printers and pin printers. This antiquated
technology has limited uses these days
because although dot matrix printers are
cheap, so are ink-jets aind the price advan-
tage the dot matrix printer once had over
an ink- jet has almost disappeared. Like
typewriters, pin prirtters rely on ribbons to
make the impression on the page but
colour ribbons quickly become difly which
means the images they produce are also
dirty. This isn't so mueh of a problem with
black and white ones.
Buy one of these printers if you have a
specif lie need for it like producing tractor
fed stationery (like labels) or multi-part
station ery i\f^^ invoicing) or, like me,
you're really strapped for cash (Cut the sob
stories- Ed).
Ink- jet
If however, you want a printer for day-to-
day use, then the ink-jet printer is the ideal
buy. Whether it's producing colour coded
invoices that bring a smile to an accoun-
tant's face or CD covers that look like
they've been done on a printing press, the
ink-jet is certainly a versatile machine. And
with new models capable of 1440 dpi just
launched by Epson, new Strides are being
made to create the perfect printer
Laser printers
In recent years though, the price of a top
quality laser has slowly crept dowr>wards,
affecting ink-jet sales in the process.
These days, lasers are affordable by most
computer owners, not jiust 'well to do'
Amiga people.
The only drawback in buying a laser is
that the output is monochrome, but if it's
lots of copies you want, then a LaserJet is
a must.
Applications for a laser are more limit-
ed than those for ink-jets but if you're into
DTR then you'll probably have a very good
reason for spiashing out on one,
Oilier types
As well as the three main types of printers
listed above, there are others which are
useful for specialist types of work. The
main ones that spring to mind are the
thermal wax and solid ink type printers,
like the Star SsJ-144 and Citizen PRINTiva
600C. These are not printers that should
be chosen for day to day work like printing
letters, due to their higher running costs.
These are more suited for doing T-
Shirts and printing on objects that other
types of printers won't touch. The
PRlMTiva 600C, for example, is very use-
ful when printing on surfaces a w^et ink
printer won't, like glossy card and some
art papers. The PRINTiva can also print
^^When it comes to
using a printer on
I your Amiga, you
need to understand
not only how your
I Amiga works with
a printer^ but also
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itself operates. '^
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using metallic colours, something you
can't do with your garden variety ink-jet.
Another type of printer that gets a
mention from time to time is the dye sub-
limation printer great for producing pho-
tographic work but little else. If I was to
pick one area where the dye sub printer
does have a place for Amiga owners, it's
in photography, especially for the serious
amateur or professional who wants to
take advantage of digital processing and
produce results close to that achieved on
photographic paper.
Buying factors
So far we've only touched on the cate-
gories of printers there are. Within each
category, are other sub divisions which
can make life just as difficult when it
comes to choosing a printer to sit along-
side your Amiga, Take Epsom for example.
They have just released a load of nevir
Colour Stylus printers that are very good
indeed and a significant improvement over
previous models.
The problem faced by you. the printer
buyer, when new models like these are
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ly Amiga ortes. Still have old stock. So do
yoLi go for the new model or stick with a
tried and trusted one?
The deciding factor will be heavily
influenced by available printer drivers. For
example, I've already inentioned this
super new printer fronn Epson that can
output at 1440dpi. IMow. at the monnsnt,
no printer driver on the Anniga Supports
this resolution, but will do I expect in the
near future.
CoiTi|>atibility
The big question though is whether these
new Colour Stylus models will work with
SKJ sting drivers in packages like Turbo Print
and Studio lil. In the past. I ihave found
nnariy new nnodels have worked with
slightly older drivers, an example being the
Stylus BOO worked with the Stylus 11 driver
and Hewlett-Packard's 870 worked with an
850 driver and so on. This is because the
printer's command set (PCL EscP2 and so
on) is very much the same.
That doesn't mean the Epson printers
will work with ejti sting software though
because the significant point about the
Epson printers is the increase in resolution
which won't be supported for a while. A
case of watch this space.
So when given the choice between
new and old. use some common
sense and if in doutJt, go with models
you know will work with yoLir Amiga. I'm
sure your favourite Amiga maga2ine will
cover these new printers as they come
out, letting you know if they work with
current software and so on.
In the meantime, here are some
worthwhile points to make a note of.
• High resolution output j720dpiHakes a
long time to print because there can be
many megabytes of data to send to
the printer. Sometimes this process
can take many hours when printing
landscape pages.
• Printers like the Canon BJC-620 are
more economical when it cOmes to replac-
ing colour inks that have run out because
you only replace the colour used. Most
others printers have tricolour chambers
and if one colour runs out, all three have
to be replaced.
• The 800 series printers fron^ Hewlett-
Packard are very good for 600 dpi mo no-
chrome output but I found fine detailed
colour images not as good as those from
the 720 dpi printers j Stylus 500 and
BJO620), If choosing a HP model, the cur-
rent one is the B70CXi (not the B20
Windows printer).
• A four colour printer which uses a
separate btack cartridge and a three colour
cartridge, produces better output than a
three colour one {no black cartridge for
colour output).
• All new printers require a separate print-
ing enhancement package. Owners of
Canon printers can get such a package for
free from Canon while Epson and Hewlett-
Packard customers wi)l need to pay £49.95
for theirs. Do not bother using standard
Workbench drivers, because I haven't seen
anything yet that matches the commercial
packages for quality and reliability.
Skimping on proper software just means
you are devaluing your printer and not
encouraging developers to create new dri-
vers and so on for Amiga owners. In the
end, we all lose by not supporting those
supporting us.
• Finally, buy an obscure brand printer to
save money and you could end up with a
white elephant Play safe and buy a sup-
ported brand name.
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Driving the daisv
There are tt«o parts to getting v**"""
printer to work with your Amiga. The
first is to get an appropriate cable > For
ninety nine percent of people, lliat
means a Centronics parallel cable.
The&e ar$' the same as yt^u would get
for connecting, most PCs to a prirtter
and as such, are readily available in PC
stores right round the ^vorld.
The second thing retfuired i$ more
complex. It's called a printer driver
end what it does is convert the Infor-
nfiation being output by your Amiga
applications into a language under-
stood by your printer As you can
imagine, each printer is going to have
a different set of commands it uses to
convert the information from a printer
into the image on the paper. This is
why you need different printer drivers
and ones that are up to date, because
although an old LaserJet driver may
drive a new LaserJet to some extent
(because they are both PCL based},
it's highly likely the output will be «
lot worse than what the printer
would produce if used with a decent
set of printer drivers. What's the
point in spending hundreds of pounds
for duff output?
Which leads me to two packages
that are a must for every Amiga
owner One is called Studio II
Professional {HiSoft 05GO 223 660) and
the other TurboPrint 5 (Wizardi
Developments 01322 527 BOO). These
packages do two things. One is they
provide the necessary printer driver so
that your printer can understand the
stuff being output by your Amiga and
secondly, they have enhanced prefer^
ences programs which are vital to get
the best output tftese modern printers
can produce.
This is not a hard and fast rule and
varies from printer to printer, but if I
was buying a Hewlett-Packard laser
(or compatible), I would opt for Studio
II Professional, wherea^s if I was
getting a colour ink-jet, tike an Epson
Stylus, I would go for TurboPrint.
There are other points tfiough to take
into account. I'm told the Print
Manager for TurboPrint 5 (now called
the Graphics iPublisber) enables you to
print more than one image on the
page. Studio 11 Professional meanwhile
has direct support for programs like
PageStream 3 and ImageFX 2.6,
enabling you to improve the output
you're likely to get from these applica-
tions. My advice is to talk to those
selling the program and find out which
pack has the features you need.
Neither package is ahead of the
game in terms of providing printer dri-
vers for new printers like the Stylus
60O and BOO, but you can bet th^y wilt
have drivers for these new models
soon after the printers' release.
FEATURE
Larry's top 1 printers for the Amiga
1. Epson Cdlour Stylus 500
Although now supe!'se^3le■d by the fab but
untested on the Amiga, Stylus BOQ. the
_Stviu3 500 produces super
^ quality in colour and
black and white and is
great value. Requires
third party drivers
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better than those froin its baby brother,
the DeskJet 690, which is getting long in
the tooth despite recent improvements.
5. LaserJet 5M Plus flHHBHI
This deserves a mention because of its
increttibly reliable engine, which keeps
churning out prints day after day. A little
bit on the pricey side for most Amiga
ov/ners, but if you do a lot of DTR this is
the printer
6. Hewlett-Packard UserJvt 5L ^H
Fancy a laser for less thgn C350? Then
the LaserJet 5L is worth a long hard look.
It may be ugly and can't be upgraded to
PostScript, but the 5L is an ideal entry
fevel machine into the world of lasers.
A.x^
* Til [psfli Strliis SDH is probililv the kt%t
2. Canon BJC-620
I hii heavy duty colour printing at high
'Solution, the BJC-&20 is very desirable.
"US the advantage of letting you
I replace a single colour when it runs out
3^ well as having a free print enhance-
-t package called CanOnStudio,
3 Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 6MP
: comes to lasers, they don't come
T^oh Getter than this. Priced at around
£700, this PostScript version of the 6
Iteries has rtiany great features. For non-
'script output, you'll need Studio II
■?^53iona( or TurboPrint.
Hewlett-Packard 870CXi '^^'^^
joed and vjr^ry last printer that COStS
J more than the Colour Stylus but
■es well because the 600 dpi mono-
irrie output is very good indeed, and
quality of colour images is certainly
■^ 7. Epson Stylus 200
I've seen ihis for just £1 1 7,
which makes it exceptional
value for a monochrome
printer and because you can
upgrade it with the addition of an
upgrade kit, if you're looking for an
entry level printer, this may well be it.
Don't forget you need a printer driver/
enhancement package which adds £50
to the price,
0. Citizen PRIMTlva 6eOC
This gets a special mention because it's
almost in a category of its own and so
comes top of the class. The PRINTva is a
solid ink printer for doing T-Shirts, metalfic
colours and so on. A little expensive to run
but because it can print on things normal
ink-jets can't, it deserves a mention here.
A Dit el itt cktiftit ink>i«is \'n t«»r wtn is Eh« Siylus;
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9. Canon BJC-42aO
Very popular with Amiga owners, is
the 4000 series of printers from Canon.
The 4200 is the latest and with a price
less than E250, it's good value, even if
it isn't as good as the mighty 600
series Canons.
10. Cahoii ^ISSS " ~" _
Gives you the ability to print A3 without
you having to mortgage your house. Use
it with CanonStudio or if you already have
it. Studio II Ptofessional.
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FEATURE
A spot of trouble shooting for your printer
lu How can I lessen the time it takes
for my Amiga to fmish printing a page?
HA Buy an accelerator. In recent tests
with an '060 boerd, I found a page with
pictures on it that took six minutes from
Final Writer or a 63020 Amiga, took only 1
and a In a If minutes using th& 'O60 board.
Printer buffers and a faster printer helps,
but the accelerator in your Amiga is what
really what counts.
IQ My page from the ink-^jet has
white lines across rt.
■ A Use the printer's clean facility- The
nozzles in a print head become clogged
for one reason or another, preventing ink
from getting to the paper, ft could also be
a sign your ink is about to run Out. Try the
clean function first though sometimes the
print head just needs a clean!
IQ How can I avoid dark Fines across
the page?
BJ\ These are generally (not always)
caused by overlapping strips. Wlien your
application prints a page, it does SO in
Strips, the less memoiv you have, the thin-
ner these strips. I have found testing dif-
ferent printers, that the occurrence of
these overiapping strips usually occurs in
cheaper models. It can also vary depend
ing On what printer driv/er you use and
application. So if this is something you
have problems with, it maybe wortti fid-
dling with the settings in your print
enhancement package or changing printer
driver packages should you be able to
afford to do so, or lastly at some stage
get a better printer.
HIQ, My page doesn't print in th^ right
Blace on the pap^f-
I A This if^ definitely a preferences prob-
lem. What you need to do is establish your
printer's hardware margins, enter these
into the application you are using (this
varies from application to application) and
then it should print in ttie right place.
Space prevents me from going into great
detail on this but having your page set up
correctly with your printer preferences
helps enormously. This is why I recom-
mend a package like Studio
Gut even with that, 1 found different
settings [such as Rage FormatJ were
required for different types of printers,
never mind different size papers.
Experiment using black and white boxes
on your page because printing in black
and white is fastest. Do your experiment-
ing at the resolution yoy normally output
at. When you have a document that is set
up correctly, use it as a template for other
documents and make sure you keep a
note of all your preferences.
HQ I want to print on c^rd but the
manuat says I c^in't
I A The manual says that because it is
not recommended because if you do and
you damage the print head, then you may
invalidate your warranty. However, if yOu
kriow that you are going to be doing this
type of work before you buy a printer, then
look for a heavy duty printer that has a
near straight paper path. A number of
lasers have these, as do sonne ink-jets like
the 600 series Canons [not straight, but
fairly close).
The best place to go for information on
this subject is the manufacturers' help line.
Don't bother mentioning it's for an Amiga
because you'll only confuse them but ask
which printers do have settings for card or
thicker papers. It's also worth finding what
damage can occur if used with a particular
model so you can better assess the risk.
■Q. I bought a DeskJet 8E0 and it
mentions in the manual about aligning
the print heads. How can I do this?
B ATurboPrint has a utility for this. It is a
simple enough process but you will need
the proper software to do it. Studio ll has
something similar for the Stylus.
lO I am looking at getting a Hewlett-
Packard 870CXi DeskJet. Is there an
Amiga printer driver for it?
■ A Both TurboPrint 4.1 and Studio II
drive this using the DJ-850 driver. I am
lead to believe TurboPrint 5 has a driver for
this model as well.
IQ I am lo-oking at buying a tas«r
^inter. Should get a F'sstSeript one?
A If you can afford it. certainly. I
wouldn't buy a laser that did not have
PostScript because there are many
instances where PostScript output is
preferable to that from printer preferences,
it is, in most cases, quicker too.
HQ Why when I want to print only
text does it take so long to print?
B A Providing you are printing black text,
make sure you have selected black and
white in the printer set up function for
your application. Printing anything includ-
ing just te;(t, takes time because an image
of the page is created in memory at the
resolution you have chosen and then
dumped to the printer in strips.
The other alternative is to use a text
based word processor like Protext where
the text is sent to the printer, not an image
of the page as mentioned above. Your
main obstacEe with Protext is finding a
copy as I don't know if anyone is still sup-
porting the Amiga version.
latibfe with Amtgas?
. In general, no. It is possibte to get
BQ Are primers for Macintoshes com*
patibfe
BAi
some to work with an Amiga but you
would be best advised if you have to ask
this question, to stick to 'PC type printers
which work fine on Amigas. There are
exceptions of course, like GDI printers
which need a PC to control them. See the
top 10 (page 31) for a list of decent print-
ers to choose from.
IQ The latest DeskJets hsive a
photographic mode. Will that mean I can
Brint photographs?
I A AJi ink-jets let you print photographic
material. This ne^/^ photographic six colour
print mode where you replace the black
cartridge with another colour one, didn't
seem to make a lot of difference when
used on my Amiga. We may test this in
the future with TurboPrint 5.
HQ Can you telt me how to get rid of
the 'bloekiness' Ifiat t get when t print
my pictures?
lA Pixelisation or bbckiness as you call
it, is c-aused by making a bitmap image to
big. To get decent colour images, make
sure that you don't enlarge the image
when putting it on the page. Lets say you
have an image that is 640 pixels w'ide
which on a normal monitor is around 9
inches. When you print it, make it around
5 inches wide on the paper. This is called
scaling and what that achieves is that it
increases the effective resolution of the
image. If though you were having that
image printed on a high resolution device
for magazine production say. tiien it
maybe advisable to reduce it even further
to say 3 inches wide to increase the reso-
lution even more.
Something else you can do is make
sure that when you create such images,
you have anti-aliasing on. This wHJ help
improve the quality but above all, be very
careful when scaling bitmap images.
BQ How can I use the scalable fonts
in my printer for multiple fonts on the
one page?
B A Unless you have a text based word
processor like Prote»(t that has printer dri-
vers that let your select the individual scal-
able typefaces in your printer, you can't.
Some other applications like Wordworth,
also have support for this, but
Wordworth's support does not seem as
comprehensive as Protext "s. Printing
enhancement packages give you some
support for using the fonts in a printer but
at the end of the day if you want to use
multiiple scalable fonts on a page, you'll
need either a package like Protext that can
access these fonts or do what most peo-
ple do, and use the scalable fonts that
come with your Amiga or application,
What is generally misunderstood, is
that when you use the scalable fonts on a
page like PageStream, Wordworth and
Final Writer, these fonts are on the Amiga,
not in the printer, and the image of the
page is generated within the Amigas
memory and output as a graphic to the
printer. Programs that use the printer's
internal fonts, are working in text mode
with no graphics.
I could go on for forever about my
favourite subject but I've got to call a
halt somewhere. We should have some
printer reviews soon, so until then .., ■
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Previews
36 Virtual Karting Deluxe
36 Max Rally
Reviews
38 Burnout
42 JETPilot
43 XP8
44 Budget Games
Tips & Guides
46 Vampyra
49 Snip Tips
Max Rally
Due for release: TBA ■ Publisher: Fortress ■ €) 0181 988 8888
Oor such a simple and
technically basic
theme, the top-down
racing game has
proven a surprisingly popular and
managed to hold its own even in
these days of te^ctu re-mapped 3D
super consoles. While Skidmarks
and XTreme Racing marked a
move away from the genre, Max
Rally is set to being it right back
up to date.
Fortress is tJie development
team behind Max Rally, This is
their first comfinercial game which
they plan to publish themselves
and sell through
mail-order. So
why write
another
top-down
racer
when the
likes of
Overdrive
and Roadkill
seems to
have it covered?
Basically because
Fortress wanted to
advance the formula
further still. To this
end. Max Rally takes
place over 30 tracks
and across four
terrains, Fortress
promise features such
as four-player link-up
(definitely a good
thing) which will have
its own track called
'The Outer Limits' (see
screens hots here). You
will also gat tO' choose
from si>; differenr char-
acters and have the
ability to alter your
vehicle's direction in
mid-flight after jump-
ing across a ramp, Usual options
such as racing against the clock
and computer cars in various
championships are also planned.
Max Rally will run on a
Arriigas with i.&Mb and should
retai( at £14.99. It is not far from
being finished so we hope to
have a review very soon. ■
Mark Forbes
Virtual Karting Deluxe
DFR: TBA ■ Publisher: OTM ■ (D 01827 312 302
Oollowing on from
Virtual Karting, OTM's
next racing release
froni the same Italian
author Fabio Bizzetti is Virtual
Karting Deluxe. Promising to be
more playable than its predeces-
sor (not a tall order) the
another six tracks which should
be wider and longer than the
original and have lots of twists
and turns.
The original was a first in
terms of the fast 3D graphics,
but the handling of the kart and
t^ie narrow tracks made it
new version hopes to
change all that.
Judging from the
demo. I'm happy to
report, that Virtual
Karting Deluxe's
control method of the
kart has been tfemen-
dously improved.
Apart from that,
much of the original
game seems to be
there. You can select to play the
game in a variety of view points,
while at the same time depending
on the power of your Amiga, you
can select the usual 2k2 or better
still, 2x1 graphics resolution which
is only available in 3D mode, but
provides the player with some
tasty visual treats.
Deluxe isn't intended as a
direct sequel, more like an
enhanced version to keep you
interested until Virtual Karting 2
comes out. In the meantime.
you'll have to wait, as the game's
nearly finished. We will definitely
review Virtual Karting Deluxe as
soon as possible, ■
Mark Forties
PREVIEWS
Ffigy
Due for release: March ■ Publisher: Effigy Software
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Oou may remember in
an interview with CU
Amiga Magaiine
(December 96 i$sue},
l^\gy Software described their
iion of tlie way forward forlhe
•Tiiga games, Faced witli a declin-
9 market they decided that dua'
-'in at CDs offered a good soiu-
' an. Pin ball Prelude was their first
■^ray into that market and Ffigy
-vas planned as the next,
That was a couple of months
igo and work has been continu-
"ig On the puzzle/adventure game
■lat they descriibe as a "3D slap-
'ick e>;travaiganza". Effigy have
■een busy concentrating On
-'eating the gifaphics, using
- ghtWave for some of the main
-laracter's movements.
So where does the
iostick bit come in?
•'.ell, Ffigy is a lov
:3le cutesy character
who when the game is finished
will be able to interact with his 3D
environn^ent and go through the
puzzle/adventure game spreading
happiness and general kudos all
around him.
These rendered screens look
great but we'll have to wait to see
how the actual game turns out. It
is a long way off being fin-
ished still but rest
assured we'll be there
ffrst when it is. ■
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Burnout
■ Price: £19J9 B Publisher: Vulcan t) 01705 670269 ■ http://www.vutcait.co.uk
Fans of the film Crash might enjoy
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this game. Not a race in sight.
Ori the ruins of post-
apocalvpse society,
inevitably ti^e first
instinct of any
survivors wouSd be to strap
spilces onto their cars and crash
into eacli other at higl^ velocities.
Things lilte rebuilding society,
growing food and so on might be
more sensible but people have
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of one of these cars as you
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Hires Laced 256 cols @
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Artificial
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it also sounds like
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racer which is making
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other platforms. But a
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Crash
Burnout is a demoli-
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choose your car from
a choice of four, and
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of home grown arenas
in no time) to tiattle it out
wi-th your opponents, which you
do by ramming into them until
they explode, knocking them off
a platfornn so that they plummet
to a distant fate.
The winner gets the big cash
prize, the runners up, miraculous-
ly reborn to fight again, get
smaller prizes. This can be spent
enhancing your car, and therefore
your chances in the next battle.
You can spend your ill-gotten
gains on improving your engine,
buying a reverse gear
^^^^ {very useful when you
^^^^^L find yourself on
M^^^^^^^n the edge of
^^^^^^Mr precipice), fitting
Wyour car with
spikes etc. There
are also cheaper
one-off weapOTiSr
Isuch as the stinger,
which gives an
extra meaty slap to
^ an opponent, or
grey-out, which makes the action
disappear into a dense iOQ while
you escape, or more likely blun-
der off 9 ledge in the confusion.
Also adding to the general confu-
sion there are several bonus
games that crop up throughout
the game but they don't have nay
indication qf what yOU are sup-
posed to be doing in them. Your
car either shoots forward or
stalls. Very strange.
The game comes on seven
disks, which may be less than a
large graphic adventure, but feels
a lot longer once you have had to
install the thing. Installation is via
Workbench only, each disk
having to be opened and the
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lirtdividual files dragged from their
floppies into the appropriate fold-
ers. After all that, the files have
to be unpacked by double click-
ing on each one. Even if Vulcan
hate writing proper installers, a
custonn AmigaDOS routine could
do everything for you about ten
times easier and ten times faster,
It would have taken little longer
to write as il will take every
buyer to install the thing. This is
very poor.
Piece of art
Once it is up and riinnJngi, every-
thing begins to look rosy. The
intro grapttics are excellent, and
the options screens all bode well
for the game, offering up to four
players via keyboard, joysticks
and joystick adapters. Aura
Interactor output and cars with
wide ranging statistics, Then the
game starts and it all goes wrong
again,. Yes the screens do look
gorgeous but they only move a
few pixels up and down, and
even then they have a tendency
to strand you off-screen. The
vehicle sprites are all nicely
designed fully rendered 3D
objects but they lack animation
and don't show the effects of
damage, indeed the fii'St thing
that really tells you your car is
damaged is when li vanishes
with a pop. No debris or anything
like that. As for Newtonian
mechanics, I seem to remember
notions of equal and opposite
reactions - these collisions betray
clear evidence of released
elastic potential energy
which must mean
that.... hmm, the cars
are made of rubber'
Shareware
There is a lot about
Burnout that nnakes you think
Public Domain. Damn fine PD
admitfedly, but the gameplay just
never seems to go anywhere,
and amusing as the idea may be.
it just doesn't last. There is no
real progression in the game, no
increase in the difficulty, and very
little sense of long term achieve-
ment. Even multiplayei" action
didn't seem fun, and liooking at
those graphics won't keep you
happy for ever.
I hate to sound discouraging,
after all releases like this for
higher spec, machines are the
only way the Amiga games scene
has a snowball's chance, but
that's the way it goes. Pretty AG A
graphics just aren't enough. ■
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Price: £16.99 ■ Publisher: Vutcan Software CO 01705 67
YikesI This ain't no gamei There are
maiTY Iceys and not enough aliens.
far too
I
O hey 're calling rt 'The
Pinnacle of Realistic
Flight Simylatlon'.
They' in this case are
Vulcan Software, the game's pub-
lisher, so perhaps that's not so
surprising. JETPilot is the first
Anniga flight sim to have appeared
for some years now. Many would
say Amiga flight sims peaked, with
F-29 Retaliate r, or the Micro prose
offerings for those who like a bit
more depth. Alas the near mythi-
cal TFX has still not appeared and
so it seems s logical step that one
of the Amiga's most prolific game
publishers should rectify the sitiia-
tion, Byt can it really Itve up to
that bold opening claim?
Need for speed
JETPilot conges with a range of
options designed to get it running
at a reasonable speed on any
Amiga from a basic A500 to a fast
030-based Amiga or better. Even
so,, 'fast' is not a word that
springs to mind however you have
the game setup. The game itself
is set in the present day and
includes aircraft such as the
Lightning F1, 3 and 6, MiGs and
even the incredible Lockheed F-
A JETPilot H fil «l fUiitliu, nupt *»i crfNitltn. Slivn teft n
iki EiMtf irirtin ;erf«niiinc« tsfitt *f Hint pLaiit.
104. These are
controlled via
either an analogue
joystick or a com-
bination of mouse
and keyboard, The
controls are initially
hard to get the hang of
and committing the various
keystrokes and functions to mem-
ary also takes a bit of time.
However, the good news is that
after only a short while you
should be going up-diddly-up-up
and down-diddly-own-down with-
out too many problems,
If it's pretty graphics and loads
of fancy scenery you're after,
you're likely to be disappointed.
However, if you want a flight sim
you can sit in front of with a pot
of tea and a tinker with fine tun-
ings and options for hours on
end, it's 3 different
story. While the 3D
engine leaves a lot to
ae desired, a lot of
work has obviously
gone into making the
various statistics as
realistic as possible
[but then I'm not an
RAF fighter pilot, so
frankly I'm just taking
their word for it that al
the details are right -
do you know the
acceleration rate of
any of these planes?).
Sensibly, the
Vu leans have
included the option
to practice all the
lements of the
game, from simple
tasks such as land-
takeoff s and naviga-
tional training, to more
involved tasks such as ILS and
auto approach, radar practice,
missile firing, air-to-air-gunnery,
and thrilling abbreviated spills
such as DACX GCI VIS and CGA
practice. Before you can get
down to the game for real you
have to first prove yourself by
completing 21 exercises (again,
just to prove that you do know
how to land, etc.) and then it's
combat time ....
heart-stopping ariel acro-
batics and gung-ho blasting
action. You have control
over just about even^ option
you could think of, so alter
the atmospheric settings from
the time of year, time of day,
weather conditions or starting
location, or simply muck about
with the various camera views;
watching from above, below,
inside, or even from nearby air-
fields (and in case you're wonder-
ing, you're the little black spot I)
Happystick
You've got radio communications
(the comical old Amiga voice
Synth) 27 airfields around Europe
to visit, tons of HUD and naviga-
tional aids and maps, and the
possibility of future data disk
expansions.
Compared to the classics men-
tioned earlier, JETPilot doesn't
measure up too well. If you want
a new flight sim then by all means
take a look, but you may well find
deeper, more exciting altematives
in the bargain bins and budget
sections (see page 44).B
Mutt Brougfiton
'Y'ou're never up against over-
whelming odds, instead choosing
from a number of combat options
where you can face up to two
opponents alone before wingmen
become obligatory. Of course, if
you're a social creature, you'll
want to go up against twelve
bogies with six CPU chums - if
only to utilise the remarkable 'look
over your shoulder at your team
mates' button.
JETPilot isn't about to win any
awards for the most stylish game
ever but it should satisfy flight
fanatics not so concerned about
JETPILOT
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graphics...... -84%
mm sound 50%
lastabiliiy , -71%
iis«i piarability ,..,.,. B«%
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mm Sim that lacks
^llBed and
**"«'' graphicHl detail.
42
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urn REVIEW
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scrolling smooth shoot
'em up in the style of
shee with a bit of Stardust
'Own in. While it didn't score up
■*ie same dizzv hfiiotits a?, Thp
aforementioned games it still
received a healthy 72% rating. A
£19.99 price tag and too much
sameability in tlie gameplay bring-
ing its score down slightly.
This a I l-AfTii gas version is imuch
the same as -the AGA onR
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suffering only a slight loss in the
graphics. However, it stills scrolls
very smoothly so I had no problem
controlling the ship using either a
joystick/pad or keyboard.
The aim is simple, you've got a
set number of mines to destroy for
each mission. However, you've got
* to avofd or blast away all
manner of meteorites/
space type things that
are trying to kill you
along the way.
Luckily, you don't
have to rely on your
dodging skills alone
as you've lots of power
ups be had,
Although the sanne criticism of
sameabilty could be levelled this
version of XPS, it stflii runiS and
scrolls very smoothly. The music is
notiiing to write home about but
I'm pleased to say it's now at the
lower price of £14,99,
It's been a long time since I've
played a vertical shoot 'enn up and
I must say that I really enjoyed this
one. It's also good to see so'ft^A/are
companies still producing games
for all Amiga owners. :■
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BUOen REVIEWS
Games
A bunch of re-released flight
sims come under the gaze
of Mark Forbes.
B17 FLYING FORTRESS
Price: £14,99
When B17 was released back in 1992 it scored in the
high eighties. Five rears on und Amiga flight sims
really haven't progressed much further Now it's
on offer agafn only half the price.
Unlike manv of Micro prose's best hnoi<vn flight
Sims, B17 i$ not set in the present day, but in
World War 2 when pilots had nOn0 of the com put
erised guidance systems and weapons of today- As
such, it's a rather different kettle of fish 10 the likes
of Gunship 2000 and R 5 Strike Eagle,
Most of the traditional features in B17 are there
like bombing from the skies and dogfighting with
the enemy air patrols. The Z5 missions that must
be completed successfully are extremely jnvoEving
and lend a solid 'meaty' feel to the gameplay, lifting
lit above a mere shoot 'em up or technical repro-
duction of an old war plane.
While B17 is a wery sophisticated game in terms
of detail and depth, it lacks a little speed.
Unfortunately further delays come from floppy
disk loading and disk swops ^ no, it's not hard
disk installable!
What B1 7 lacks in whizz-bang gadgets and
excitement, it makes up for wfth its unique
character and atmosphere. The clinical com-
puterised world of the modern flight aim
can leave the player feeling like somi$thing
of an observer^ while B17 offers plenty for
those who like to get lost in a game.
STARLORD
Price: £14.99
H»r»'s a twist if I over did see one. Why not make another
flight aim but only this time' set it in spiBce? Not altogether
an original idea, but Elite, Frontier, and Wing Commander
managed to do it quits welll StarLord doesn't.
The actual flight'basad action is OK but the emphasis is
placed more on strategy and having to ramember plenty
of keyboard controls. However, it has no depth and is bor>
ing. A flight aim in spatie? A combat strategy game in
space? It fails both ways unlortunatalVj as it ends up
doing neither at all well. The graphics aren't great by any
means and the audio also has a primitive sound to it. The
game play is muddied and confusing in places and it takes
a great deal of effort to get anywhere and to figure out
just what's going on.
Starlord is by no means an essential
purchase, despite the cheaper price.
You'd be better off looking for Frontier
or Wing Commander instead.
id to figure out
]E9
One of the hardest
game types to do
on the Amiga has
got to he the flight sim. The only good ones I can think of that
have been memorable were: Combat Air Patrol, F-29 ftetaliator,
Ounship 2000, Knights of the Sky (please release this one
CluildKalll, and that's it. Unfortunately, TFX was never released
although in my humble opinion it coi»ld have been the greatest
flight Sim of ail-time on the Amiga, but that's another stOiry-
Dogfight is not in my list of great flight sims. It's truly awful,
I'm not being overiy harsh, I never liked it when it was released
by Micro prose first time round. From the early beginnings of the
loading Dogfight it's easy to see that a lot of effort has been
piled into Dogfight's presentation screens and not enough into
the main program, It's the classic, nice box, nice manual, shame
about the game though]
Once you've seen the impressive title page and listened to the
jolty war-time music, along with the mission briefing, you'il be
fooled into thinking that Dogfight is a great game but it's not.
The biggest problem is the graphics and sound. The visuals
move very slowly and are annoy ingly |erky, and the poor sound
effects fail to convey any of the excitement you would expect to
experience in a real dog fight.
Even if you ignore the both the graphics and sonics. Dogfight
s really badly programmed too. Everything that's tedious and
nept about shoot 'em up flight sims can be found in this slow,
duli game. Dogfight just crawls along as you try to bank left and
right to get your enemy in your sights and try to launch a missile
or fire cannon rounds to destroy them.
At the end of the day what we seem to have here is a poor PC
to Amiga conversion that has been so badly executed not even
die-hard sim fans would want this.
If you're desperate for a high quality sim why not save your
money and get Gunship 2000. If you do get Dogfight, just don't
expect to be playing
it for mora than
five minutes. I can't
say I didn't warn
you now can I?
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Elvira 2 - Jaws
of Cerberus
I'm stuck. In fact Tm really stuck,
1 don't know what I need or even
whereto start looking for the
Freezing Blade Spell, the Bin6
Demon and the Resurrect Spell. I
atso need he)p to get rid of the
Vampire at the top of the house.
David Jorg«, Portugal.
The iagredienla far the Freezing
Blade Spelt are: ihe pen and knife
Jnym the mt6t locker. Use thii along
with the Bless Spell on the dagger
from the second level artdyoa'U
have a tfery paweiful weapon. The
Bind Demon Spell requires the rope
fr&m the bottom nfthe lake in the
Spider Cave.
The Resurrect Spell ii Med at the
end of the game andfDt that you'll
need a brain, heart, icalp, eggs and
a prayer hook.
If you ase the tuning fork to shat-
ter the ikyllght the result mil get rid
of the Vampire for yoa, I'm not tttt)
sure i should be tetUng you that bit.
I don 'I want anyone getting ideas.
By the m-ytp ii that a tuning fark in
jffur pocket, or are you fust pleased
to see me?
Valhalla 3
I've been stuck on level three of
this great game for ages but I'm
too chicken to ask my mates for
help. I have no idea what to do, I
ntura
have a silver plats, gathers (no
moss), run deep, saves nine and
a stealth potion.
Richard Smith, Essex.
Well I can certainly m&ve you on
from where yuu are. Go dovn the
stairs from the pmnt where y^u
picked up the silver plate, then go
west to a row of four tables and drop
the plate on one of tkem.
Uo east as far hs you can, down
the stairs, then down another set to
the east. At the bottom turn west to
where you'll see a butterfly^ Stand
two steps away from it and drink the
stealth potion. IVow you can creep
forward and pick up the butterfly-
Head back to the Bag Case and
drop the butterfly on it to get a
crown. Drop the crown on the tomb
of Ivan the Terrible to get a key
which will open a chest containing a
New Penny.
Just in case things don't turn out
right for yoUr here's the level code -
TOIfOl {A bit like me really.)
Space Quest IV
I'm stuck in the time zone on
Gala.»!y Galleria, I've hidden in the
Radio Shack store to get past the
policemen but I can't get past the
one which is waiting at the
Monolith Burger store,
I have broken the Astro
Chicken machine in the arcade if
that helps. I've got lots of stuff,
but I need to get back to the lime
machine, 'What exactly do I
do now?
Paul Little wood, Norwich.
The only way you could have gotten
this far is by walkiait; around the
shopping mall dressed in women's
clothes. I'm shocked. It appears that
what your friends say about you is
true after all.
I don't think you've really missed
anything, you just need to do a bet-
ter job of dodging the police at the
end of this section.
When you you arrive at the mall
pick up the ATM card. Go to Sacks
and buy some clothes. Go to
Monolith Burgers and get a job
there. You can skip the arcade
sequence if you h/ant.
After getting money from the job
go and put the .ATM card into the
machine. Alxa pick up the cigar butt.
After failing the ID test go to Sacks
and buy some ifomen's clothes. Go
back to the ATM machine and with-
draw all the money. Go into the soft-
ware store, look at the diicount
stuffs and huy the SQ4 hintbook.
You have to move things around to
see it.
Go to Radio Shack and buy a
PocketPal connector. Next, go back
to Sacks and go into the dressing
room to change back to Roger
Wilco. Go into the arcade and wait
for the Sequel Police to come. Being
pursued, move around all of the dif-
ferent areas. Drift around and wait
for the Police and come after you.
Wftfrt they do, go down quickly and
go back into the arcades.
Read the hintbook to get the first
three digits of a code and open the
paper (from the nest) to get the sec-
ond half Enter the time hopper and
type in the code.
Py. Go to the hot dog stand there
you .should get a hot dog and then
fill your Jar with mayonnaise.
Replace the cap on the jar. Yoa can
now move towards the fly and use
the cap to capture It.
That's all yott nefd to know for
now, I'll let yott wrestle with these
three ingredients in the bank vault
to solve the pu:s.le there.
Innocent
Until Caught
I'm pulling my hair out by the
roots trying to find something to
reveal the laser beams in the
bank, I know I need the bonds
from the bank vault, so could you
please help me with this frustrat-
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Tim Bromlev, Merseyaide.
Well I do know that the answer lies
with a bag of flour, a mushroom and
a fly. Does that help? And from
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these items, so let's start there.
You gel the flour from the
sergeant in the police station. See
there are some nice policemen., you
Just need to flutter your eyelashes
and speak nicely to them. The mush-
room is beside a fence near the hill-
You need to do a hit of work to get a
The Secret of
Monkey Island
I'm stuck on Monkey Island. I
don't know what to do as I can't
get through the creaking doof on
board the ghost ship without the
noise alerting the crew. Please
help me?
Mr» F.E. Moulton, Essex.
You obviously need a bit of grease to
make things go smoothly and I know
Just the place to get some.
First find the ghost feather which
is lying near some chickens then use
it to tickle the foot of the sleeping
crew member until He drops his Jug
of grog. You cart now use this
grog with the dish in the room with
the rats. Once the rats ^et sloshed
you'll be able to pick up some grease
which is there. ■
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Snip Tips
•* Min Broughton, Cames Consultant
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Vee-haw and howdy pardners! Things have
been mighty quiet on the ranch but thanks to
those Ocean Hit Squad-ers, there are at least
free games and top tips abound. Er ... right.
HEIiVIDAiJ. 2
Core Daalgn
--ithan Jonny' Drain {and isn't
" a hilarious nicl^nanne!) sent in
:^.;s of cheals, but considering
: -:1 were for games older tlian
% 'and I'm tremendotislv old) I
..glnt I'd jUSt pick out this juicy
:' in case folks didn't know it
dy. Basically, to gain invinci-
•v. connbinethe runes for
operation and Detection it hey
gok like a 'C and a 'fgnny C.
-airly ohviously. it's well worth
"bucking about with runes to find
Afferent effects, and if you die.
Simply create or buy rnana
potions, resurrect the player and
'ihen take the mana potion.
CAPITAL
PUNISHIVIENT
Click Boom
I'nn Terje Karlsen, and Trn from
..fway!" And very r^'ce too. Yes,
0^ chums across the sea have
■ "^f at it again, and young Terje
j-jst found the secret nnoves
wants to share them with uS.
^ess the fire button three times
and then move the joystick in any
<trection for a new move or an
automatic combination (like kick,
tock and punch}, The effect will
fcpertd on the character in use,
3ut they do all work and try fife,
'"■re. fire, down with Cofben
•Vedge for a body roll. Grrrl
DUNGEON
MASTER 2
tnterplay
•• indebted to a IVIr S Haining of
■ --:epool, for a rather splendid
orofit-njiakirtg tip for the epic RPG
that is Dungeon Master 2, Simply
start the game, pick your three
heroes and leave via the ladder.
Move the table and pick up the
gear in the alcove, including the
key. Now select your best
weapons and use the key on the
door. Kilt the monsters outside and
if you walk around you'll find a
shop selling food. Go in and pull
the table back and pick up the
gear, which should include a key-
Go back outside and fii^d the door
with the engraving. Use the key
and then follow the path around
until you reach the entrance to the
building. Now turn left a'nd follow
the path straight down until you
reach a tree {killing an enemy on
the way round).
Still facing the tree, take five
steps left, watching out for the
Beasts and follow the path down
and around towards the fog. Pick
up the gear from the stone table
and 90 to the edge, picking up all
the mana blossoms. Run back to
the tree and send your characters
to sleep for about two minutes [in
real time). Run back to the stone
table again and the plants should
have grown back. If they haven't,
sleep again in a safe place. It's
best to save every time you go
A Thtre are s.Dnie seertt tnvits WBillnj to- ke discminei in diis MiiDii ihirtt; t«*t 'en* *ip, And Ttrj« KwltHi
ham MhwIt beui whlt tkt\) tit mi f«» will tat tnce vsv'ui tBii than ban.
back to the blossoms as you can
get magic bolts and lightening hit-
ting you. By repeating this you can
build up a healthy stash of mana
blossoms which can be taken
back to the food shop and sold for
tons of gold. You need to watch
your food and water levels when
doing this, and keep stocking up at
the shop of kill the beasts for the
steaks you get (which can also be
sold if you have any left over!} The
easiest way to kill them is to run
around them (they're ven^ slow)
and you'll 3.1 so improve your expe-
rience this way, Brilliant or what!
PREIVIIER
MANAGERS
Gr«mlin
Now I know we've had tons of
these phone numbers over the
years, but I wasn't actually sure if
I'd seen this one before, so here
it is for your pleasures ... enter
'4Q0040' into the telephone for a
team full of Super-Players, each
with high fitness, morale and
excellent skill on BOTH feet.
YIK.es I If you put one of these
players on the market, even/one
will want him, and even better -
you can use the number as many
times as you want, Nice, ■
THAT'S THAT!
Indeed it is. but don't fr&t,
we'll tie bach next month
with mor« gama-spoiling
tips codes and cheats. Of
course we can't do this
without you, so get writing,
and don't forget to i«t me
k-now what machine you
have 'cos there's a free Hit
S(|uad game for any tipsters
who get their work printed-
Be seeing vou --
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We've u^n^ graphics
crazy this month.
There's the wonderful Cybervlsion
3D and a round-up of shareware
pacicages. Plus lots, lots more.
52 Cybervision 3P
The latest graphics board from phase 5. It's cheap, it's wall apeclfied
but is it »ll it's cracked up to be?
54 Graphics round-up
Special feature! We bring you the best of the graphics packages you
don't hear about. Freeware or shareware, it's all great software.
58 SMP 100
We test this SCSI CD-ROM gdd-on from HiSoft which promises to
bring MPEO CD-Video to the masses.
60 Quickcam Interface
A clever adapter from Ev^^^^h allows cheap PC type Quickcams to
b« connectad to art Amiga. Video conferencing takes a step closer,
62 Geek Gadgets [
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63 Trackball
Golden Image bring out a new trackball. It's great for plaving
Missile Command but can it replace a mousa?
64 PD Scene
Our regular round-up of the games and demos scene Includes a
■Hjftiplayer Colonization clone and some Ami net gems.
67 PP Utilities
Our regular rourtd-up of the useful and not so useful utilities thait
Carried up this month. From first aid to invoice iKinting, it's all bara
70 CD-ROM Scene
We take a closer look at two disks from the Ami net collection and
■mine Almattiera's DTV CD2.
72 Art Gallery
(, so it isn't atl that technical, but after all that serious technical
Muff it's nice to look at some glorious grspHies.
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Though AGA can still fight
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Of vouVe the money,
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Their Zorro slots enable the addi-
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can't be added to the A 1200 or at
least .is very difficult, The prize
e>(ampie is the graphics board.
For an i^deal computer display,
we want a high resolution coupled
with a high refresh rate so that
the dispfay is crisp and easy on
the eye with no visible flicker.
Then, of course, we want lots of
colours so that the graphics loofc.
great and don't need to be
dithered. Lastly, this display
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waiting around for things to draw.
While AGA can cope reasonaWy
though not as well with the for-
mer categories (with the use of
DBLI^I or Multiscan), in the speed
staltes ifs totally eclipsed by a
Zorro graphics board such as the
Cybervision &4/3D,
Phase 5's previous Zorro graph-
ics board was the Cybervision 64.
It was the best graphics card for
Zorro-equipped Amigas. Based on
the S3 Trio64' or the 'Stealth'
chipset, internally it's fully e4-bit
for bfinding performance. The
successor to the CVE4,
reviewed here, is the
CyberVision 64/3D. This
card is based on the S3
'ViRGE' chip-set ^A/hiCh
integrates a 3D engine
into much the same
sort of design as the
CV64. Unlike the Zorro
III onlyCV64, the CV3D
is a dual Zorro N and III
auto sensing card.
AlliM^
ImfTTOve on AGA
How do these cards work? When
the Zorro card is fitted to a big-
box Amiga, it normally presents
two video connectors to the rear
panel. One of which is connected
with a supplied lead to the
Amiga's native video output. The
other is the video output of the
card and is connected to a moni-
tor. The provided RTG software
will create brand new screen-
modes which appear in
AntigaOS's display database.
Then all screen mode requesters
show the new modes.
When an Amiga screen mode
is used, the card switches the
native Amiga video through.
When a new graphics board
mode is used, the card's graphics
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chip generates the video instead.
Here's where the CV3D differs
from the rest. As standard it has
no vfdeo pass-through at all, It
requires the addition of a scan-
doubler module which has the
switcher and a video scan-doubier
which means that native IBKhz
screen modes will work on a
SVGA monitor, That way you
could afford a decent 17" display,
rather than a 14" multiscan moni-
tor which can handle ISKHz
nnodes as well.
The problem is the scan-dou-
bler module is extra and it wasn't
released at the time of review. So
every time the screen flicks to a
native Amiga screen, there's no
video Output at alf. Since this
means games, non OS-legal
software, guru messages or a
Ikt stm4*Mii tMt ■iiilir i«iltdh«r is tiiii.
messed-up RTG software installa-
tion, this is not a good thing. I
believe Phase 5 should have
included the video switcher as
standard with the scan-doubier
itself being a plug-in module.
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enough
This shortcoming aside, installa-
tion is fairlv straightfonA/ard. The
card fits well and the cut-out sec-
tion near the rear makes it even
easier to plug in. instaJling the
software required some manual
unpluggiing of the video lead to
insert into the Amiga's video out
since my startup-sequence was
modified from the norm. For
those who used the CyherGraphX
RTG software the Installer does a
great job of backing up the old
files. This needs to be done
because the software supplied
with the CV3D is the brand-new
beta version 3 of CyberGfaphX,
With our Amiga 'Microvitec'
1764. the standard 64KHz monitor
provides a range of ^useful screen
modes, Switching Workbench to
the 80O J! 600 256 colour mode
produces impressive results. The
speed is considerably greater
than the old GVP Spectrum (also a
Zorro III card but with a slower
chip-set) which I use fronn day to
day. I was spoilt with the
Spectrum before but this is a
whole order of performance bet-
ter. My outrageously textured MUl
GUIs appear faster than vanilla
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Gadtool varieties on AGA. Whial's
more, screen changes from
one CV3D mode to another
were a lot faster without tlie
annoying delay experienced with
the spectrum.
Buggy software
UnfortLinately, there ace 5ome
Dfoblerrs witli the new version of
~ drapliX. Firstly, Finail Writer
nangs tine machine winen I try to
open on a CV3D screen. Not
good. Despite numerous updates
to tlie latest version before going
to press this is still the case. For
one of the major applications on
the Amiga, this is unacceptable.
Firing up the Voyager Web
browser on a l6-bjt screen (65K
odd colours, good compronnise
between speed and colours) pre-
sents a blank display. Damn. Time
to have a play in the CGXMode
screer> editor. This progran^ allows
editing and creation of brand new
screen modes of differing resolu-
tions, scan rates and colour-
depths. Unfortunately it's just as
rubbish as the pre\/ious version of
CGraphX. A small confusing GUI
which isn't a patch on even the
ancient EGS screen-mode editor
and certainly not PicassoMode
or Picasso96Mode.
After a few hours playing in
CGXMode, I realise that it isn't
possible to open an 800 x 600 16
bit screen. This doesn't miake
sense since I could open a lower
resolution f 6-bit screen. I could
even maks a 24-bit screen but no
16-bit. OK since the card is so
■"T5t/ril deal with a 24-bit screen,
"rie default 24-bit 800 x. 6O0 dis-
play has a silly 43Hz flickery dis-
^ -5y so I deleted it and dupljcated
"• Q e-bit 70Hz mode and cycled
the depth gadget to 24-|jit,
Press test and it works great,
Saving this out and rebooting ,,,
there's no 800 x 600 24-bit
screen mode. Checking
CGXMode again, there it is but
it's not appearing in the display
database. Phase 5 are unhelpful
but I find out from another CV3D
user that I should delete some
unused modes. Bang, the 80O x
GOO 24-bit screen appears.
Hallelujah, all is not lost. I would
have preferred 1 6-bit but 24-bit is
pretty fast on the CV3D anyway.
There's one basic 3D demonstra-
tion prograni that Phase 5 sent
me but unfortunately it wants an
800 X 600 1 &-bit screen which I
couldn't get to work. Dam.
The version of the software
shipped with the card on floppy
disk also exhibits graphical glitch-
es on MUJ GUIs and even the CLI
scrolling. The later versions of
the software fixed much of this
but to date there are still prob-
lems. Menus on screens of less
than 256 colours are corrtipt for
example. The RTG seems to
mess up the display when revert-
ing to AGA with 32 colours or SO.
Glitches in the CLI
scrolling are still there,,
sometimes flicking
screens needs two
attempts and DOpus 4
fails to open a
Workbench clone
screen also. CGraphX
representatives
reminded me the soft-
ware was beta. I'm
afraid I don't see that
as an excuse when it's
shipped with a com-
mercial product.
Surely the time of
know ful
testing has passed?
There's very little pro-
vided in the way of
software utilities on
the floppy disk
shipped with the
CV3D, Certainly noth-
ing to do with 3D at
all. One nice utility
though is the Osiris
MPEG player. On my
68060 equipped
machine it can play
most MPEG files at an
acceptable rate which
IS the first time I've
I seen thi^s happen on
the Amiga with a soft-
ware decoder.
Unfortunately, though
it claims to play Video-
CDs, the software
claims that all our
Video-CDs are not 'XA'
mode CDs when i
well that they are.
Unsupported 3D
So what's the 3D about then?
Basically CyberGraphX V3 has 3n
implementation of the so-Mlled
'OpenGL' 3D system which means
that software supporting this
should be able to be ported to the
Amiga or at ieast software coded
from scratch to support it. The
idea behind CyberCraphX support-
ing this is that such software
should work on any 3D graphics
card and not just the CV30. This
idea worked for 2D so it's naturally
being applied to 3D though it's
early days and there's no real soft-
ware at all Don't ejspect someone
to write a Doom clone for it
though, it's a gimmick feature
which is currently unsupported.
Performance wise the CV3D is
a nippy card, comparable to the
CV64. Fitted with 4Mb of DRAM as
standard it's capable of 244ji!t in
1 024 X. 768 and 1 6-bit above that.
The memory should altow it to do
high modes in 24-bit but this limi-
tation (s with the ViRGE chip-set.
Other than the Phase 5's mom en-
tary lack of reason in omitting the
monitor switcher, the negative
aspects are software related and
so liable to improve with future
releases just as CGraphX 2.x did.
To sum up the negative points:
a CV3D owner finds themself with
buggy RTG software, no video
pass-through and no 3D software
to support the 3D features. Sonne
18 months after the CU Amiga
90% rated CV64, I would have
expected a faster card with better
software for cheaper. Sadly, this
isn't it.
The bright side
The bright side is; the card is com-
paratively cheap at E220. However,
since the monitor switcher is more
or less essential at £85, the actual
total comes out at slightly more
than £300. This is the same price
as the CV64 was but you do get a
scan doubler into the bargain (pro-
viding that works}. Unlike the
promised but never delivered
MPEG decoder for the CV64, we
have it on good authority that the
CV3D MPEG decoder will appear,
though not cheaply at £175. ilt's
still a top-notch graphics card, well
built and the software will no
doubt be fixed soon. Taking a leap
of faith, the CVSD would serve you
well for a long time,
Should you buy a CV30? While
it's a promising graphics card it's
not reaily anything new (apart fnom
the unsupported 3D) gr any better
value for money. Jt could be
argued that it's a step backwards.
Vou may choose to wait until we
review the Villagetronic Picasso IV
and its new Picasso96 RTG soft-
ware in the next issue.
1 appreciate Phase 5 have
things on their mind but the CV3D
package could have been more
polished on release. 'We'll keep
you informed of any updates
and fixes. ■
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the other packages
There are plenty of alternatives to the
likes of ImageFX, Vista, Brilliance and
Photogenics. And they're Cheaper too.
P
ersonaJ Paint, Art
Effect, PhfOtogenics,
Xi Paint, X-Cad Pro
2QO0. Vista Pro, WCS,
Cinema 4D, Imagine,
Lightwave, Clarissa, (mageFK
... the list goes or. Under supported jn
many other, the field of graphics is still one
in which the Amiga can hold its head up
high, These commercial packages have
shown their worth time and time again -
and been reviewed time and
time again, too. Of course it's
necessary to take a look at
the latest release of a soft-
ware package as important as
any of these but we thought it
was about time we had a look
at what else was out there.
The greatest single resource
for the Amiga these days is the PD/share-
ware scene. Sure, shareware isn't jsually
developed to the degree that a commer-
cial release is, but there are
some real masterpieces out
there. What's more, the
need to produce something
which is com mere i ally viable
just does not exist for a
shareware/freeware writer,
there are no advertising
costs, no distribution fees,
little or no packaging costs. 'Which
means that as welt as packages designed
to compete with the ImageFXs of this
world, there are weird and wonderful
packages that would jmst never make as a
commercial release.
datatype and in formats such as Targa
and PNG, currently being touted as the
successor to GIF GFXLab24's output
options cover IFF and IFF24. JPEG, PIMG
and GIF incluiding transparent GIFs.
With 25 functions to chose from and a
real time preview' window to see the
results of your modifications before they
are set in stone, GFXLab24 offers real
image manipulation power. Image pro-
cessing operators include some fairly
standard functions such as convert to
greyscale, negative and colour filtering,
but rather than the simple routines you
might expect in a piece of PD, these are
often powerful processes that allow you
to alter the red, green and blue channels
separately, play with contrast, gamma,
brightness and so on.
GfXLaib24 also has a range of opera-
tors for producing special effects, such
as emboss, sketch, whirl and quantize,
and 'toolbOK' functions such as removing
isolated pixels, particularly useful for
scanned images in which signal noise
often appears, or pixel dispersal, which
nnoves pixels around by a random
amount to fuz? borders.
GFXLab24 doesn't have the power of
Image FX2,.6, but it is a very good
system, and is less system hungry
than its commercial rival. Best of all, it
is freeware.
24-bit Image processor
As the name suggest-s.
GFXLab24 is a powerful 24-
bit image converter and
processor. It can load files by
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AMountairis
Fractal landscape generator
Everyone should be familiar with the con-
cept of fractail landscape generators by
now, after ail we gave an e^^cellent one
away on the September issue cover disk
last year. Vista is a dream to use. with
dozens of user variables and a friendly
GUI frO'nt-end.
AMountain takes a very different
approach, offering raw power instead. It
works in a fund amenta Illy different way to
Vista - while Vista treats the landscape
as a 3D object, thus allowing you to gen
erate flight-path animations and the like.
AMountaiins fakes the 3D appearance of
the landscapes it general^. The down-
side is that you can't move the camera,
the up side is that it is very fast The
image here was produced in about three
minutes, where Vista would take much,
much longer to produce an image of
this resolution.
AMountains is a port of the Unix
Xmountarns, and as is usually the ease
with Unix ports has been written by peo-
ple who think GUIs are for wimps. There
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'3: level, slope, contours, colour-batid-
^ light angles, etc, but they are all set
CLI parameters or by changing
'3ltVpes on the Workbench icon. It will
jtput to any screenmode you choose,
luding Cyb ef Graphics, There is no
?ve, so output has to be taken with a
ii'een grabber.
AMountain's algorithm generates the
■-■cape in vertical lines, scrolling the
.■.:n to make room for more once it is
By grabbing the screen regularly and
'ully pasting the grabs together you
: make hugely wide scrolling fractal
■ Jrops. Imagine Defender looking
• a that.
NavWiperPro
3D Video wipsr
■ :. Wiper is an impressive utility from
'■niga VR meister Michiel E den Outer
lich performs three dimensional tex-
.'e mapped screen wipes. In^pressive
:leo titling can be an expensive thing to
"oduce but a very reasonable £20 regis-
ition fee will buy you a keyfile to run
" is powerful utility.
The idea behind KavWiper Pro is that
■ ju define an animation length in sec-
"ids. position a wireframe shape in sev-
al keyframes, define a texture bitmap
id hit go. The program calculates
-e position of the shape tn all the inbe-
' Aeen frames, allowing you to make the
wireframe flip, rotate and move. The final
image is rendered in realtime [or close) to
an ANIM5 file, applying the texture you
have defined {the image you want to
wipe) to the wireframe shape using a
chunky-to-planar routine not unlike the
kind that can be found in games such as
Gloom and AB3D.
This is not an all-round titling system,
rather sornething with a very specific use,
:"•./ one it performs very well. Sequences
containing spinning and zooming screens
can look impressive indeed - imagine
instead of swapping images by sliding
the first image from atop the second you
could have the first image plunge away
from the screen as if it was falling into
the second, spinning and flipping as it
goes, NWiper Pro will do this for you very
quickly and very easily.
Xtrace
Bitmap to vector convertar.
One of the areas in which the Amiga has
lagged behind other platforms is on vec-
tor graphics. Vector images are rhathe-
matlcaSly encoded rather than stored as a
bitmaps, which means that they can be
interpreted at any size without the pixels
becoming embarrassingly large. Most
users will have come across the differ-
ence between vectors and bitmaps in the
use of fonts. When printing graphics,
similar problemis may occur due to the
differences in screen resolution and
bitmap resolution.
The idea is that you feed a standard
bitmap image to Xtrace, and it breaks it
down into a series of shapes made up of
straight lines. Because these shapes are
made of lines it is possible to rescale the
image to any fraction by simply drawing
the all the lines that go to make up the
image that much longer or shorter
Xtrace has numerous features to make
the output as good as possible. You can
perform operations on the original bitmap
such as stripping out unused colours, or
clearing up isolated pixels, which will
make little or no difference to the image
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but significantly reduce the
complexity of the vector ver-
sion. The final result can
then be output as DR2D or
EPS (Encapsulated
PbstScript), The shareware
fee is 30DM.
AmiFig
Structured drawing package
Staying on the theme of vector graphics
Amif ig produces structured images.
Another piece of software
based on an older Unix
application, XFig, the
workings of this program
should be relatively famil-
iar to regular readers, as a
commercial structured
drawing package. Design
Works, was given away last
month. AmiFig does not have
the user-friendliness of DesignWorks, but
has m^ore power functions, a characteristic
of Unist conversions. AmiFig has a 30DM
registration fee, but the
unregistered version
only limits the size of files
you can save, so you can
try before you buy
Visual t.13
Image Cataloguer
Keeping track of large
numbers of images can be a night-
mare. The standard solution is a database
with small 'thumbnail' copies of the
images so they can be identified at a
glance. Most software of ihis
type will keep track of the
file paths so that by
clicking on one of the
thumbnails, the full image
can be viewed. The prob-
lem with this is that if you
move a file, the program will
lose track. 'Visual is a clever
and original implementation to
get around this problem.
Visual is in fact a visual directory
browser. It represent the contents of
each directory in icon format
on the screen, which is
either represented by a
plain default icon or a
small custom icon if one
exists. These custom
icons are thumbnails, gen-
erated by ImageF X or
ADPro via Visual's ABeJtx
port. The advantage of this is
that all the icon can be moved with the
original file and Visual wifl happily show
the icon for the image in its new
directory. The trade off is an extra set of
icon files. ■
Andrew Korn
Readers with our CD
issue will be glad to
know that all this
softwame is on the CD in
the Magazine directory.
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SMD-100 hung once or twice
and needed to be powered
down by removing the power
lead. This may have been a
ten^porary SCSI 'hang' or the
like. The SMD-100 comes with
a remote control which directs
it to tell the CD-ROM to play.
stop or eject etc.
Nasty artifacts
Video output was superb on all
titles though there were some
nasty movement artifacts on a
few badly encoded CDs. MPEG
relies on predicting motion but it
finds it particularly hard to
reproduce with the resolution
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: ymmeting quickly on a 'busy'
acene. OtherwiS'e, the quality was
generally far better than VHS
■ deo, Stills were, of course, digi-
idlly perfect (just where wa& that
Basic Instinct?) but Che ciirhcher
">y rre was the sound. It's awe-
-:jme, better than even Hi-fi VHS
-VI th no dropouts, just sheer CD-
like audio, Having to changes CD
in the middle was no major hassle
and balances against the fact I
often tapped pause and wandered
off for a coffee without fear of
-'•■angling the tape. Video CD is
great, why oh why didn't it take
off as a rental format?
Where the SMD-100 lets the
;'iow down is in what it could
-ave been. Being a SCSI device it
could be sent data from the
Amiga with ease. HiSoft planned
a ROM upgrade for the SMD-10O
'id a software suite on the
-Tiiga to do just this but sadly
"ey claim there is now not the
demand for such an upgrade. This
means you won't be able to
obtain MPEG files and play thenn
■v'th the Amiga (on the Amiga
-•;reen with the genlock capablll-
' y,'. Ygy also won't he able to cre-
ate your own 24-bit aninnations,
-invert to MPEG and play back at
■ Ji frame rate, No, the SMD-IOO
■ nothing nnofe than a Hi-Fi
• ideo-CD player which has to
.ack your Arriga's SCSI CD-ROM
■ order to function.
So muoh more
■yu tell nne If I'm being unreason-
"le in thinking this is a massive
. iHential undeveloped here? When
:-'ess©d, HiSoft mentioned the lack
:f demand and the difficulty of
ataining smooth footage by play-
■g from hard drive. The latter just
£ D D I £
u n F H X
A]\iKiuc:A
A Cimntrciaj MPEI Vii»D-Clls are sentrillr tl
tipaiiw nuiftf !•» Iktit VHS vrita cfitivi^twti,
doesn't seem to add up here, I'm
sure my hard dfive can manage a
bit better than the measly iBOKB/s
than the SMD-100 needs for full
rate FMV Perhaps if you call HiSoft
and tell thenn you'd like an SMD-
100 if they finish the Amiga soft-
ware, they might think differently.
Until then it looks like a great prod-
uct sadly not carried through. ■
Mat Bettinson
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Quickcam Interface
■ Price: £39.95 ■ Developer/Sypplier: Eyetech € 01642 713185
Roll up, roll up. They
said it couldn't be
done. The Mac has it,
the PC has It, now the
Amiga can have it too:
video conferencing.
O hanks to Eyetech, the Quickcam: rev^
olution isn't going to pass the Amiga
ijV. ivlac and PC users have been
able to enjoy tlie delights of video
conferencing via cheap Quickcams for a while,
and soon the Amiga will be in on the act, The
problem has been one of ports; the Amiga's
parallel port isn't up to the job, and to get
around this Eyetech have developecf a
bizarre hydra-headed monstrosity of an
interface which connects the
Quickcam to your Amiga via the
parallel and the disk drive port.
Not quite yet
Before everyone rushes out to
buy one expecting lo be able to video confer-
ence with their friend in Croydon or colleague in
Tokyo, \ ought to say that it isn't there yet.
For £40 you get a cable and some software.
Eyetech do not supply the Quickcam itself. This
is available from many PC dealers, such as
DABS Direct (tehOSOO 55 Sa 66Mor £65. The
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software is a useful but fairly basic image grab-
ber. Setting up is a breeze; plug the camera in,
switch on the computer,, click on the Quickcam
program icon and you're off. From the software
you can after the contrast, exposure, zoom and
size, watching your alterations taking effect as
you do them. The input resolution from the
camera is 320 by 240 pij<els. in 64 shades of
grey, but this can be scaled down to BO by 60
pixels to get a greater update speed. How fast
the screen updates is partly dependant on the
speed of your system: on a 66030 based sys-
tem I got screen updates at about 1 frame per
second on the largest screen, and not far off
realtime rates on the smallest, The software
can freeze images and save them out as a
greyscale IFF; or can spool frames to disk for
you to make into an Anim yourself: Eyetech told
us that they hope to build in Anim support but a
CLI utility such as Buildanim will turn the spool-
ed frames into an Anim in no time.
CUseeme
Eyetech will sell you a video confer-
encing solution with colour and
sound, but it costs £260 and only
works as an Amiga to Amiga sys-
tem. However, the imminent
release of Hypercom from VMC,
which Eyetech are distributing in
this country as PDrtPlus should
offer a solution. pQrtplus is an
A1200 plug-in board which adds
fast serial and parallel ports -
Eyetech believe this will allow
them to include an audio digitizer through the
same Quickcam hardware and produce a full
CU Seeme port,. The Portplus would also make
the current elaborate connector unnecessary,
offering an even cheaper Quickcam solution.
Contrasting appeal
In its piesert muarn-ation, it is only a tool for
image making, but as a sometimes photograph-
er, this appeals to me very much. The black and
white limitation may concern those only inter-
ested in conferencing, but I've always preferre<J
black and white images and was keen to hnd
out what it could do. Lens quality on this sort of
camera is low, although modern lens coatings
allow even cheap lenses like this to produce
sharp enough images at these low resolutions.
Beyond that, the major limiting factor in
mage quality is focus - the lens focus on
video conferencing cameras is fixed at
around half a metre, about the right
distance for a camera mounted
on top of your monitor, and
although the small aperture
allows a reasonalale
depth of field, beyond 2m
things go very soh.
The contrast and exposure range allowed
imaging in a good range of conditions, although
extreme brightness ranges, such as are
encountered when people are backlit by sun-
light through a window, was beyond its capabili-
ties. In more controlled conditions it was
possible to produce quite acceptable irnages
with it and the combination of the on-air con^
trast and exposure controls alongside post-pro-
duction with a software such as PPaint. Art
Effect or Photogenics opens up all sorts of cre-
ative possibilities. The high red-biased colour
balance emphasises skin blemishes delightfully,
'but that's all part of the adventure, ■
Andrew Kom
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Geek Gadgets
■ Price: £19.95 ■ Developer: Fred Fish ■ Supplier; Weird Science (£) 0116 234 0682
Gadgets for geeks? Well, it's not
really for geek^, it's for those of you
who want to get into Unix.
Of the title of this CD
puts vou off then you
can probably stop
feading this review.
Geek Gadgets is fat present)
something that only hardened
developers should consider inves-
tigating, Of put another way, if you
spend your life in a Shell or crave
to run the kitchen-sink text editor
(Emacs) on your Amiga then you
nnay well find this CD a rare treat.
To mv ADE
Geek Gadgets contaiins theAnniga
Development Environnnent, a prc^
ject started out of the work done
by Fred Fish on his Fresh Fish
CDs. It's basically a collection of
Amiga ports of popular GNU soft-
ware fronn the Unix world. Most
notably this includes an excellent
port of the multi-talented GCC,
which is a C/C-'- +/Obiective C
, A wkDiE liarf Df rtdw ptDf PIMI If flwf wU.
compiler with support for cross-
compilation U he re's even
PowerPC capabilities included!).
Another famous GNU product
is Emacs. This is a monumental
beast of a text editor, which is
almost an operating system in
itself. The secret to its versatility
is the underlying Lisp program-
ming language. This enables you
to do just about anything and to
configure every action. But it
takes some learning and is not for
the faint-hearted. Interestingly,
this port is quite an old one [it's
Emacs v1 8) but it seems to have
the benefit of stability.
Next up on the top three GNU
programs is GhostScript. This is a
PostScript interpreter which can
be used as a previewer or to print
to non-PdstScript printers. It was
a pleasant surprise to find that
this worked pretty well. Not
straight away, unfortu-
nately, but eventually
the magic incantation
was found that
allowed myA1200
(with a mere 10fv4b)to
display the infamous
tiger picture.
Xfacrtor
f he main collection of
programs on this CD
comprises tried-and-
tested and largely bug-
free versions. A set of
The odds are stacked against it
Now why are some of these Unix ports a bit unreliable and
crash- prone? Well, a major benefit of programming under
an operating system like UmiK is the advanced memory
management and virtual memory. Programmers can be a
bit more lazy in their memory usage than they c«n urtder,
say, AmigaOS. This shows itself particularly in many pro-
grams' usage of stack space. Under Amiga OS your stack
size is quite limited and must be fixed at load time. Under
Unix you can generally have an enormous stack which wMI
atso grow dynamically as needed. So, it's actually quite
remarkable that this group of Amiga programmers have
managed to get any of these ports working accaptably.
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'alpha' releases, including a
version of the X windiowing system
is also included. The big problem
when testing this was the absence
of a 'libXl 1 .ixlibrary' file. After
many hours trying to work out
what was wrong, a program called
'a2ixlibrarv' was found.
In fact, 'a2ixlibrary' is a shell
script, which requires you to be
running a suitable, Unix-like shell
rather than the standard Amiga
CLl. This raised another set of
probleins: just running 'sh' gave
no joy since it wasn't set-up cor-
rectly. It seems that this CD would
benefit from a lot more Amiga^
specific set-up documentation,
not just the standard GNU manu-
als, Just e short description of the
set-up that Fred Fish uses regular-
ly would be a start.
Can I use it?
Since tn« niajority of the software
is covered by the GNU licence, it
must be accompanied by full
source code. Depending on your
point of view, this can be a devel-
oper's dream or worst nightmare.
Some of the code is not the most
readable or instructive in the
world, but as large collections of
sources go this is probably one of
the largestl
So, what's the real point of this
CD? WelL at the moment it's not
likely to be usefut for anyone else
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apart from those that want to be
able to do cross-compilation,
those who want to n^ake them-
selves a more Unix-like environ-
ment on their Amiga, or those
who want to help develop parts
of the ADE. Fred Fish and the
group of Amiga programmers
who have made the ADE have
obviously done a lot of work and
are to be congratulated on. par-
ticularly, the GCC and Emacs
ports. But there's a long away to
go before this Stuff becomes
accessible to the more humble
Amiga users out there, ■
Jason HulanoB
T
PRODUCT TEST
Golden Image Trackball
Price: £19.95 ■ Supplier: Golden Image (D 0181 900 92S1
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mouse replacement trackball. On
first impressiori, it feels ratlier
shoddily rrade; its cheap plastic
construction inspiring little
confidence but a nnouse I have
fronn the same factory has lasted
fairly well though, and the track-
ball does have a year's guarantee
so I thought it worth a try out
at least,
n use the trackball manages
rather well, certainly in compari-
son to the Alfa Data trackball
we reviewed a while back.
There is no way, however,
of renfioving the ball and
cleaning it without tak-
:. ing the whole thing
/ apart, which is not good
for long life, but this is
par for the course
with trackballs.
The design is ergo no m leal-
!y excellent, the button
arraingement well spaced
and the ball easy to rnove,
I found rnenu selection
surprisingly easy, especially
when replacing a single button
tvlac mouse in ShapeShifter,
Drawing with the trackball did-
n't give quite the precision of a
mouse, although it produced bet-
ter results than the older Alfa
Data model. A sketch done with
thetrackbafi had rougher lines,
whilst the nnouse allows more
confidence in exact positioning,
There is a slightly greater sense
of freedom with the trackball that
encourages more lively sketch-
ing, but I preferred the feel of the
mouge overall.
There is of course the ultimate
test of all trackballs, Missile
Command- Compared to a
mouse, both trackballs won
hands down. Comparing the
two, I found the Alfa Data to be
as good, the only time I didn't
significantly prefer the Golden
Innage model.
Trackballs have never been
hugely popular with most Amiga
owners, although I have met a
few people who absolutely swear
by them. If a trackball appeals to
you, or tf your desk is so small
you keep running the mouse
right off the edge, then you could
do a lot worse than this. ■
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Aminet Gems
Voxel engines
With so many of
OUT rediders on-
line^ thes& days,
an increasing
. number of people
I use these pages
' to decide whet
files to FTP rather
than what disks to buy- So I will be going on the occa-
sional traw) of the Aminet to look for smaller gems for
those of vou- This month, i went hunting Vostel engines.
Voxels are, roughlv speaking, 3D pixels and vowel engines
are a technique used for generating ralatively fast 3D
scenes, notably in the PC helicopter blaster Comanche.
Schwarz and Schreiber's VoKelAGA, written in AmigaE,
is the fastest of the tot, managing £iround 40fps on a fast
'030, but it is also the least graphicalfv impressive, the
landscape looking like rolling Jiilts of m^ud. VEngine? from
Jorg Gonska is visually Tnuch more impressive, resembling
a medium resolution Vista render, and nranaged an accept-
able tOfps or so. Voxel Engine is Jorg's latest update, a
total rewrite with even better graphics, a lovely cloud-
filled sky, fire button controlled height, and an fps counter
which informed me that it manages 11.47fps on the same
machine, 3.87 fps on an unejipanded At 200 and 16fps on
the office '060.
Aminet Paths ^ Voxel AGA: GFX/AGA/Aga Voxel finlha
V_engine2:GFX/AGAj'V_Engine2.lha
VoxeJEngine: GFX/AGA^oxetEngine25Jha
Premier Sixes
FcKrty manager game
There is a lot that is impressive about this title where the
aim is to manage a premier league team in a six-a-side
competition. It looks very good, with a front end which is
a little bit Chfimp Manager, and plaiys well, with a text
commentary which again follows the Champ Manager
lead of simple highlights, but manages to convey a better
idea of what is taking place. There is a wealth of player
stats to give you a sense of your players, and the tactics
section has enough depth to allow a lot of tweaking of
your style to counteract opposition tactics. After each
game, each player is rated for their performance out of
10, shots on target and assists are totalled and the com-
puter chooses a man of the match.
Sounds good? But all isn't rosy. You can't look at the
stats of other players, the -highest scorer tabl^ ^i^lV <^<*vers
your own team and So oh. Not that such information is all
that important as you can't buy and sell players anyway.
There is a lot going for this game but to rate higher it
needs a transfer market for a sense of involvement.
Available from- Mr Robbie fUlapping. 1 Howler Cottage,
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Digital gee-gees
Punter's author, Steve Bye,
originally wrote this program """^
for the Spectrum years ago, ^^
and that breeding shows in * "^^
some of the crudest graph-
ics I have seen in a long
time. Which isn't to Say
that I don't like the game.
There is a season full of .-,
races, with loads of horses '
for yov to bet on. Three pun-
dits advise you, each in their
own style, from the boffin who
analyses form rationally to the TV pundit who confidently
informs you the first three places and is always wrong.
You can even buy your own horse. Up to four players can
play and it's the type of thing that'd give you hours of
amusement with a bunch of rowdy friends.
Available fromr
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Exeter, Devon. EX2 9DU. Tel: 0139;
Scene Slides
Slideshow
Scene slides auto boots, plays music at you, shows you a
title page of Raque) Welch and then drops into the
AmigaGuide front end- From there every picture is a
mouse click jjand possibly a disk change) away. There is
also the option of viewing each disk as a slideshow,
which IS a nice time saver for the lazy viewer who can't
be bothered to click buttons.
The artwork, all hand drawn, is what the
compiler considers the best of the Amiga
scene, hence the title. There is the odd
portrait of Einstein or Claudia Schiffer,
but the majority consists of barbarians,
dragons and big-bra a sted mermaids. Many
of the images are direct copies from big
name fantasy artist such as Boris Valleio, but
there are some very good original pieces
too. The only complaints I have is that
there are no credits " I'm sure the artists
would have liked acknowledgement.
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MfiiigaOos Guiue mz.
Wfuftttrtedia gukJe
Dyrirtg the long and nobJe
historv of th« Amigii it has
ljr?«n i^old with ftny number
'jf bMndlt;^ <iniJ pitch dfjtiSj
.ind ulmrjst all of them hav«
lacki^d <inythin^ approach-
in y decent AmigsOOS doc-
ymfsntalion, which ii a pity
because AmigaOOS is actu-
dNy r«aMv qurts easy to U9«
;ind ifKtrtgmely powerful,
Th*; AmiqaDOS Guide is »
rnuitirrnidia presentation uf a bruad nsaf^hmg, if not eietftmeiy
rjf; tail lid guide to AmiyaDOS, it's commands, error messages,
iind application!. There is also coveriige of ^ome o1 the
Workbench appljcatjons such ss the preference utihties and
multivi<;w. Jl won't make you e world authority on AmigaOOSr
but it will cover th* ba^ic UMg«« of the AmigaOOS commands
Th« peopk who would get most out of this package m*i not
ijb^olutr; b^ginn^rs. It ^npttct% a reasonable familiarity with the
f.r>nf;t-f]t^ of AmiyaDOS, although if you wa happy doinij the
udd Dir, Copy and Delete, you know enough to <itart benefit-
ing. The f^ntrie^ on eacK command ied what it is for, but m.iss
out a litHe ofi the tJetaib on ossge For instance the coverage
of DiskDoctor advices* against using it on FFS disks, which is
the standard fine Advising a^jaio^t touching it with a monkey
on a ten foot pole would have been more useful ^
Awnilfibli! frrim: Onlino PD, 1 Tho
tors, Hiihall L«n«, Formby,
. .,-.ipool L37 riPX. ThI; 01704 R^ditr.
Price: 75t> plus 7Sp P + P.
Birthdate History v2.24
Birthday database
Enier Name
im&l DOB
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This is one of those utiJi-
tiea that have absolutely
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your dippy halfwit cousin
Gome's to wtsit and
demands to have a
demonstration of your
computer You know tJiat
trying to explain OctaMed
1 would be a nightmare and
cousin halfwit would lind Worms offensive, so you load this up
and it will keep them amused for ages
Birthdate History is written in Blitz basic. It has a simple hut
effective interface, and looks good. Operation is ultra simple - you
type in your name and date of birth, and off it goes, producing an
output to printer or screen which tells you aH sorts of useless but
interestin9 information about when you were born, sucf; as the
news stories of the period, the hit films and music of the time, the
sports results, famous people who share your birthday and so on.
The disk comes with a configuration file whiich iillows you to
edit the data and add more records for the last few years of the
century which is a breeze to use and demonstrates how much bet-
ter blitz is at GUIs than Amos,
There is a shareware fee of £5 the author asks you send if you
find yourself still using the software after 30 days, which is fair
enough. After aFI, that's about how much you'd expect to pay for a
printout from something like this from your locaJ tourist I
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UFA
MuKimedia guide
UFA, nrjt f*rijnourir;ed ' Vou Etf Eh' as you might expect but
rather "Oorjiah' au m 'Ooofah cryin' out loud, I tut meselfT is a
two disk multimedia first aid guide from the slightly weird mind
of Mark Sweeney and it might just save your life. It is a wetl laid
'jut hyperbook presentation den^^onst rating what to do in cases
of epilepsy, sudden childbirth, drug overdoses, lacerations, even
bullet wounds and all complete with true to form first aid
book style cheesy illustrations, % can't honestly imagine that
anyone with a compound fracture is gointj to limp over to their
Amiga to find out what to do next but as an educational tool,
it's very good.
There is euen a bonus disk with a nice point and click hyper-
book presentation of one of those "Choose Your Own Path"
books that were so popular before the Japanese invented Sega
and Nintendo, Wacky, and informative too.
Available from:
Simple Software,
15 Birchfiefds
Road, Longsight,
Mimcbestbr,
Engleuid Ml 3 OXP
Price: £3 plus
75p P+R
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LPDSET-1
Utils anthologv
Links PD have come up with an
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Aminet downloads. 450k of [
archives are stored on the disk i
alongside GuiArc and a simple
PPGuide de-archiving front end to access them as well as a
PPGuide catalogue of all the disks they will sell you.
There are no docs directly accessible from the PPGuide front
end, so you have to guess from the titles what software you are
interested in. ft would have been very little work for the disk con>
pilers to write a line or two about what each archive contained,
which would, for instance, save non German readers from bother-
ing de-archiving the tempting sounding AlZOOTowerFAQ, There is
an emphasis on technical documents, with a couple of patches to
get hardware running properly when the Amiga doesn't quite
agree with it, a monitor driver which claims to allow flicker free hi-
res on 1084 monitors and a variety of files for the DlY-er such as an
A1200 Hardware FAQ, a fix for the screen flicker on early A120O,
using a PC power supply etc.
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in de-archiving, very useful if you always forget where you put yes-
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Aininet 1 B and 1 6
Typical isni't it. Nothing for a
month, then two come at once, in
true Ami net tradition, Ami net 15
presents BOOIVIb or so of data that
lias arrived since AminSit 14,
reviewed in our January issue.
Ami net 16 lias about another
600Mb of new material since
then, (n case you are new to the
Aminet. it is grouped by subject
for easy access, the subjects cov-
ering things lil<e biz/patch which is
filled with upgrade patches for
comnnercial and shareware soft-
ware, or CFX/SDobj, where
objects for Imagine, and
Lightwave can be found.
The bonus on AminetIB is a
collection of Ml^ files, MiPeg
corrtpression is a vide^^ compres-
sion system used on video CDs, a
hard process to make look good,
requiring continual adjustment to
get decent results. The unfortu-
i^ate consequence is that the
image quality in these MPegs is
very low, and what with Amiga
MPfeg players all working through
software, you'd be lucky to get
anything close to smooth play-
back on an '060. On my '030
E0MH2 they run at about four
frames per second. On the plus
front Aminet 15 has a good
games section, with two notables
being Wheels, a very fast 3D
Voxelspace racing game, and
Genetic Species, a brilliant Doom
clone which runs on that '030/50
at about 33 well as Doom on a
486. There is also Nanodum.. a
256 colour fast Doom engine (no
game) which takes up only 4k =
totally useless, but fairly amusing.
On the utilities front, Aminet 15
is well served, notable inclusions
being WhirlGif 2.0, the GIF anima-
tion maker, MUl 3.6, and the
excellent XTRACE which converts
bitmaps to vectors. Ijoss obvious-
ly useful entries include the Oric
Atmos emulator and the Water-
cooled Amiga DIY project.
HighGFX is a new monitor driver,
which unlike the standard MonEd
hacks is a new screenmode,
claiming SVGA like resolutions of
1 024 by 7^, but it didn't work on
a 1438 monitor
Aminet 16 seems to have done
well in the graphics department,
with a collection of Escheresque
drawings from Unreal, a Croatian
compute!" surrealist, and some
very strange animations from Pole
Maciej Wojciechowski and
Andrew Korn has all the latest
CQs. Nobody but nobody gets
to see them before him.
friends. There is also a pix/Eric
directory containing a couple of
comic strips ar>d a colourful
Halloween pic of his latest furry
female creation, a skunk called
Sabrina and directory of (vile)
til eable textures,
The utilities directory contains
a collection of tools and utilities
frjr the Zip drive. Although Zip dri-
ves will 'plug and play' on an
Amiga, Iomega haven't bothered
producing Amiga versions of the
various utilities they supply with
the drives. This small collection
gives yoii write protection, low
level formatting, Applcon disk
ejection, etc. There are also Mac
and PC format mountlists to allow
cross platform reading of Zips via
Cross Mac and CrossDos.
Inclusion of the month award
goes to Amiga load, a superb hard-
ware/software hack which dis-
plays your computer's CPU load
on a moving coil (needle) meter
plugged into your joystick port.
On the Games front, Aminet 16
has some interesting demos.
Slipstream is a Wipeout type
game. Gravity Fight is one of the
best gravity wars games going
and Wendetta is a shoot 'em up
with glorious graphics. PartiCLila-
note has to go to Evil's Doom, r
yet another Doom clone, but an
AGA-only RPG which looks stufv
ning, and has some great cheesy
fantasy aibberish such as "..,'
seas were of blood and books
were made with human skin...".
X-Philes will be kept occupied
by two issues of Dreamland, a
disk magazine - the truth is in
there, somewhere.
Available from: Weird
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Amiga Desktop Video CD2
Amiga Deslttop Video
CD2 from Almathera
is presented as being
a compiete desktop
video and multimedia
solution. The 'heart'
of the solution is
Scala 1,13. an old
pre-AGA version of
the package-
although i Ms still a perfactly use^
able titler, most users wi^ll want
to use the resources supplied on
this disc with their own more up-
to-date authoring packages.
What really makes up the
rreat of the disc is the fonts,
graphics and' backdrops. Discs
foil of these things are ten a
penny, and to stand out in the
marketplace, any new disc really
has to have an edge, something
its hvals don't have. In the case
of Amiga DTV CD2, this edge is
appropriaiteness. Scanning
through the 200 colourfonts,
150-1- adobe type 1 fonts and
ZOO odd backdrops, I got a real
sense that they had been select-
ed, where so often things are
just shovelled. The fonts all look
like they nnight be of use, and
specifically of use in a DTV con-
text. The textures are all similarlv
useful looking, some simple and
effective, some over the top and
insane, but no ran-
dom you'li-be-iucfcy-if-
you-ever-find-a
-use-for-them images
of the sort that are so
common in this sort
of disc. What's more,
an increasing rarity,
you'll find a lot of tex-
tures here that aren't
on every other CD-
ROM' m your collec-
tion. There is a small
selection of short ani-
mations, mostly
things like rotating
pens and coins which
again seem appropri-
ate to the purpose.
Several of these ani-
mations are also supplied in IFF
frames, which make them far
more useable for purpose they
are intended, especially in then
instance of the VT:R clock.
The presentation of the disc is
very straightforward. There are
no flashy front ends or elaborate
search routines. Instead the
compilers rely on that old faith-
ful, Workbench, with a fevw little
utilities scattered around to make
life easier, if, for instance, the
default textfile reader doesn't
suit you, no problem, Toofalias is
there, a commodity which inter-
cepts default tool calls to tools
you don't like and translates
them into tools you do. The tex-
tures are all indexed, and can be
viewed from Workbench with
either of the two viewers sup-
plied, as can the sample images
supplied with each colourfont.
You get the feeling that the
compilers of this CD cared about
what they were doing and really
put some thought into what peo-
ple would find useful. It shows in
the way they have named the
textures: people just don't invest
that much time coming up with
comedy titles in shovelware.
Available from: Atmathsra,
Southerton House,
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92-94 Churvh Road,
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Tel: 0181 687 0O40
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Meeting Pearis 4
The Meeting Pearfs collections
are kind of like an Aminet geek
special. Thousands of software
titles, sorted into Ammet-like
directories of subject matter, with
an Aminet-Sike front end. This CD
is aimed at the more technical
user though, and this is reflected
in the wider range of options pre-
sented to you when you click on
a file from the front end, allowing
you to view docs, run software,
copy the drawers, open a file
hancfier utility or add to a hotlist.
Alternatively there is a fVlUI-based
search engine and directory tree
utility. If the Meeting Pearls front
end scores highly over Aminet's
in the power and usefulness
stakes, the CD compilers seem
to have got far less to Start up
from the front end than is typical
for an Aminet collection.
The tec hie nature of the disc
is apparent in the software selec-
tion too. with a large selection of
prog rammers utilities, including
the Amiga E programming lan-
guage, a version of Lisp and a
collection of source code for
chunky to planar routines.
A strong selection of utilities
includes some interesting and
obscure pieces of software, such
as a spectrogram analyser, which
takes sample data and converts it
into a 'voiceprint' which is, at
least in theory, as foolproof an
identification system as a finger-
print. Comms users are well
catered for. with a version of
pretty much every significant
comms software
release for the Amiga
of the last few years.
The music directories
contain a few intrigu-
ing items, such as an
editor for Yamaha DX7 voices,
and the disk utilities directory
contains a bunch of AFS tools,
including an AFS volume defrag-
mentation utility. For the REAL
tec hies, there is some HAM radio
software - ever wanted to send
your iE-mail at really slow speeds
via the ain^aves?
Getting a little less techie, the
graphics directories are a real
bonus. GFXLab24 is a
very powerful image
I I converter/processor.
'— ' and AmiFig is a port
of the powerful Unix
structured drawing
package XFig.
The games directory
contains all the usual
suspects; nothing
much new, but some
old favourites such as
Shepherd, Space Taxi
and Zerberfc. After all,
techies need to have fun too.
There isn't the breadth and depth
of an Aminet collection, but there
really are some pearls.
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Those of you on a quest for
knowledge should go no further.
Welcome to the section of the
magazine that does its best to
you in all things Amiga.
76 Imagine 4.0
It's ihe Forms editor under the spotlight this month, a valuable tool
for modellers. Plus on page 79 there's a chance to get the manual.
82 OctaMED Soundstudio
More musical musmgs and tricks of the trade are at your disposal
with ouf guide to this wonderful music package.
84 Wired World
Sssssh, you never know who may be listening or reading your Emails
for that matter. You want privacy? Here's how to get it.
86 Net God
Never one to sit on the fence, NetGod shares his views and lets us
know what's going on in the Internet.
88 Surf off the Month
Once again, we send someone off on a surfing holiday around the net
and then wait to see what they come back with.
94 Masterclass
Ves it's time to break into the Amiga's shell and find out what inside.
Is it a softy centre or hard boiied?
rJulaMED SutlRlhlEtHB
97 FAQ
What's the point ol it all? Should I throw mv Amiga onto the
scrapheap with the re$t? The»« questions and others answered.
98 oa-A
Our reeidern Amiga experts ara hera to lietp you with any Amiga-
r«lated problem that you may have.
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1 04 Points of View
The teain huddle tociether lor ioiiie w^niith and then go off into thieir separate corners of
the office to come up with their iiitest point of view
TUTORIAL
Imagine 4.0
We're staying
on f omn wttfi a
little Kelp from
Imagine 4.
Some objects are easier to rnafee in the
Forms Editor as it is designed to create
objects from cross-sections. There is
total control over synimetrv. so objects
as diverse as wine glasses, boat huil&r
lluman bodies and stone pillars are easier to
cneiate than in the Detail Editor
The Forms Editor however, is not designed
to be used instead of the Detoii Editor, but
along side it. The Forms Editor doesn't provide
the same degree of control over the appear-
artce of objects (colour, textures and so on) caarv
oentrating pure^v on creating them, Ifs
tfisrefore csommon practfce to create an object
in Che Forms Editor, and then import it into the
Detait Editor for finishing off. Hov^ever, although
it's possible to import an object created iff the
Fomis Editor into the Detail Editor, the reverse
is not possible. So keep a separate copv of any
objects created in the Forms Editor, even calling
them a different name to disassociate tfiem.
The Fomns Editor can appear rattier compli-
cated, mostly because there are three ways of
using it: these are determined tty the use of
either 'Formers" or Speoes'- 1 can guarantee iOU
though that if you work your way through this
tutorial you'll soon tie totally at home.
We'll start by creaiif^ some
objects wtiich do not vary along
their letvgth. Irriagine you have cut a
particularly shaped f>ole in a piece
of plastic and then squeezed some
mQdellir>g clay through it You'll end
up with a tube of clay which has
your shape all lor>g its length. As an
example, here's how to make a
stone pillar. We'll define the object
in tf>e Ftsrms Editor, and then load it
into tfie Detail Editor, app^ a tex-
ture and render it.
1 . Go to the Fomis Editor arxJ
select 'New' from tfie Object
menu. You'll see this requester
appear. Copy the settings from this
one into your own requester. It will create a
long cylinder, closed at both ends and use
symmetry options to n^ke editing easier,
i When you click on OK. you'll see an image
like this. It looks like a tut>e with two pointy
ends. It s the points in the top teft window
which we are interested in now though.
3. Oick and drag the pointe shown in the top
left window. You won't need to
select move or anything: unlike tfie
Detail Editor, the default action is to
move tfie points. You won't need to
n>ove them all as the symmetry
option will make it easy.
4. To remove tfve points, click and
move the two fwints at the end of
ttie lirte in the bottom left window,
and drag them to the sanre level as
their neighbours, You won't be able
to move them left or right, onlv up
and down.
5. Now save tt>e object, and load it
into the Detail Editor. There you can
stretch it and apply a suitable texture, such as
concrete. Remember to save tf>e object from
tfw Detail Editor under a different name, as
only objects saved frt>m the Forms Editor can
be loaded back into the Forms Editor
6. A stone pillar, created in the Forms Editor,
tweaked in the detail editor and rendered in
the project editor.
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One former c^jects are thotse which have a
shape which you couki make on a lathe, XiVs a
chair teg or a Paf*n\ chess piece. Th& big dif-
fefenc* to the first object vwe defined is that
there is more than one cross-section used to
define the oirtiine. However the cross-sec-
tions are symmetrical in all directions. Lst's
use this technique to create a wine giass-
1, Go to the Forms Editor, and create a New
object like before. This time sdect the f olllow-
ifig settings. We'll start by creating a wine
glass object, which is sealed at one end only
(or else you couldri't filJ it!).
2, The new object looks li+te a sphere.
However, think of the botton** left display
points as describing the size of the
cross-sections. The share of all the cross
sections is defined by the points in the top
left display.
3, Now drag the points in the bottonii left dis-
play to form the outHne of a wine glass. Keep
the top teft points tf>e way they are to keep
the glass circular, at ieast for the
time being. You can drag the
points up and down to make your
glass taller or shorter, but move
them in pairs.
4. Load the object into the Detail
Editor, and use the Attributes setting to
make it transparent, You can also set the
specularity and hardness along with the
refractive index to make a nice glass effect.
5. Rnally, we have a wine glass, created in
the fiorms FditOt,
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X-Y Cross, section
X Y-Z Cross section
>< Two Forner views
One Forner vleu
One Spacer view
Seal Right End
Seal Left End
Cross Section Synnetry (Fixed)
None Z axis Y ftxis Both Axes
Ok Cancel
Two fbrmer objects
This last class of object is the most Uicky to
work with, because it allows a great deal
more freedom. Rather than having only one
profile (normally shown in the bottom left
window} there are two profiles. This makes it
easy to get tota^lv confused. It does allow
you to created much more complicated mod-
els though, as we'll see. For example,
we'll make an object which could become
the body of an aeroplane, with a tittle more
work. Notice how this time the object is
being worked on horizontallyf
1. Go to the Forms Editor, and create a n©w
object. Copy these settings, and make Sure
you have checked the "Y-Z Cross Section"
option. This changes some symmetry set-
tings, but we'll turn them off to start with.
2. Again, the starting point is a sphere,
Note however that all four views are active,
and that the shape of the cross sections is
define not in the top window, but in the
bottom right.
3. The first thing to do is to flatten the cross-
sectional shapes, This will give our 'plans a
flat base, and it will also help you to see
what exactly is going on with the object.
Alter the points in both the left and right bot-
tom views, like this.
4. Now you can define the length of the
objiect in the upper view. Drag out the
points to form the points at which the cross
sections are define along the length of the
'plane body. Do this im the top left and
bottom left windows.
G. The final fuselage is a little odd looking
(well, mine tsl} but with the addition of some
wings (added in the Detail Editor) it doesn't
Whether you use Former Of Spacer objects,
you'll come across different cross-section
symmetry options, as shown here, highlight-
ed in the New Object requester
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Note that the 'Y' in the above examples will
only be an 'X' if the 'X-Y Cross Section' is
selected. This is the default, and is
designed for vertical objects like bottles and
pillars. If the "Y-Z Cross Section" is selected,
the 'X' wilf change to a "Z. This mode is
mostly used for horizontal objects such as
boat hulls or aeroplanes.
look too bad. Using the Forms Editor has
produced a very smooth object, which would
have taken a great deal longer if constructed
soiely in the Detail Editor.
6. This rather frightening jet plane prototype
was built in the Forms Editor.
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TUTORIAL S
OctaMED SoundStudio
Hello and welcome to the first in the
series on this month's wonderful
SoundStudio cover disk, the ultimate
Amiga music package.
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With this SoundStudio tutorial series
we'll be ramping up very quickly to
an advanced guide to this unfi-
valled music prog ram, You'll find a
few other SoundStudio related arti-
cles throughout this issue of CU Amiga
Magazine: page six for loading instructions,
page eigiit for a quick introduction and page 20
to get an idea of its many different powerful
features, If you've never used a tracker before,
see the panel opposite which explains the basic
idea of how the tracker section works.
For now well take a look at each of tfne
pull-down rrienus to see what they do. Nesct
month we'll begin a tour of each of the main
sections of SoundStudio,
Project menu
This is mostly concerned with input and out-
put. New: clear the current song,. Open: load a
new song. Play after loading: option to auto-
maticallv P^av a song on loading. Save: save
the song to disk. Save timer: set the delay of
the automatic save timer. Delete files: remove
files from a disk. Print: print out the song data
{or send to a text file}. Command Shell: open
SoundStudio's ARexx connmand interface.
Prmecl
Diipioy song
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ARexx Script: select an ARexx script to be
executed, AmigaDOS Shell: open a normal
AmigaDOS Shell on the SoundStudio screen.
Last Message: display the last message
output by SoundStudio,. Online Help: call up
the on-iine help document. About: find out
about this particular version of SoundStudio,
Audio channels; turns the Amiga audio
channels on or off. handy for use with other
audio software. Quit OctaMED: dose down
the program.
Display menu '
All the selections from this menu call up spe-
cific control panels. If you accidentailv close or
lose any of the main control panels you can
always open them again from this menu. The
menu speaks for itself really, each selection
opening the corresponding editor
Song menu
Select: select which song you are currently
working on (SoundStudio can have more than
one song resident in memory at a time). Add
New: add a new song to those currently in
memory. Delete Last; get rid of the last song.
Playing Sequence: open the playing sequence
window in which blocks are stuck together to
make a song. Section List: brings up the
Section List. Set Options: a number of overall
song options can be set from here, including
the number of channels/mixing mode and also
the song's name {not the same as its filen
name), Set Volumes: offers a bank of sliders
controlling the volume of each track. Set
Annotation: extra notes can be tagged onto
the song here to be displayed when loaded.
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Flusti Current
Flush Rll unused
flutomatic Flush
Rdd Path
Remoue Path
Hfltue Loaded Samples
VLoad samples to Fast Kern
Houe Samples to Fast Mem
Move samples to chip Hem .
Block menu
These options deal with processes that affect
the whole of the current block. Kew: create a
new block. Delete: delete the current or last
block. Set Properties, set the number of tracks
in the current block along with other attributes
Block List: display a list of all blocks, useful fc
finding specific blocks. Highlight: alternating
lines of the block can be highlighted to nnake
editing easier and the gaps between the high-
lights can be set to any number. Cut, Copy,
Ps,3te: cut, copy or paste the current block.
Swap w/butfer: switch current biock with the
one in the buffer. All Cm d Pages: work on all
command pages (see the docs for details of
command pages, a great feature we'll cover ir
a later issue). Insert Line: add a line to the
block from the current cursor position. Delete
Line: delete the line at the cursor position.
Ej<pand/Slirink: expand or shrink the block by
two or a specified amount. Split at Cursor:
split the block into two. Join With Next: tack
the block onto the front of the nejtt one.
Track menu
This is a quick and simple little menu that
holds the cut, copy, paste and delete controls
that affect the track occupied by the cursor.
Instrument menu
From here you can access all the controls that
deal with instruments. Not just samples, but
MIDI instruments, external samples and synth
sounds. Instrument List: a quick way to selec
any currently loaded instrument. Type: set the
type of the current instrument. Set Properties,
change properties of an instrument such as
loop settings, fine tune and transpose values,
plus MIDI settings for MIDI instruments. Load
Instruments: load an instrument from disk.
Load from List: load an instrument from the
sample list selector. Save Instruments: Save
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an instrument to disfc. Flush Current: remove
instrumenit from the song and memorv. FSush
all unused: remove all instrunnentsfrorr mem-
ory that are not used in the song. Automatic
flush; deterrnines whether you're asked before
unused instruments are flushed when New is
selected- Add Path: includes the path of
ioaded instruments in their name. Remove
Path: removes paths fron^ Instrument names.
Halve Loaded Samples: option to reduce sam-
ples to half volume automatically on loading,
useful for the old style S-channel mode, not
much use otherwise though. Move Samples
to Fas'L'Chip Mem: samples can be switched
to Fast RAM when in Mixing mode, allowing
for much larger samples. Samples for a song
cannot be shared between Chip and Fast
memory, hence the option to move them aH.
Edit menu
Most of the editing functions not contained in
the Block or Track menus can be found here.
Cut/Copy /Paste Range: perlorms these func-
tions on a selected area (range) of the current
block [drag out an area with the left mouse
button to define a range}. Paste to Selected
Tracks: pastes the range copy buffer onto the
selected tracks {jumping any unselected tracks
■ use the number buttons above tracks to turn
them on or off}. Erase Range: clear the select-
ed range. All Cmd Pages: apply changes to all
command pages, or not if it's turned off.
Discard Copy Buffers: flush the copy buffers.
Transpose: calls up a comprehensive trans-
pose control panel for shifting blocks of notes
up or down in pitch. Replace Notes: a kind of
search and replace function. Range Current
Track: set the range to the current track.
Range Current Block: set the range to the
whole block. Re-mark Range: moves the cur-
sor to the start of the range. Spread Notes:
spreads the notes in the range across consec-
utive tracks to the right of the range. Pitch
Slide: creates a pitch slide between the cur-
rent note and the next in the track. Volume
Slide: inserts volume changes to ramp from
the current instrument's volume to that of the
next. Generic Slide: generates a transKion
between any two command values in the
track. Mote Echo: turn this on to generate
echo effects automatically with repeated
notes inserted at lower volumes in the track.
MIDI menu
Of course this is where most of the MIDI set-
tings are made, except tor individual MIDI
channel and preset settings for each instru-
ment (which are set from the Instnjment
FYoperlies section). MIDI instruments can be
mixed in the same songs with samples. MIDI
Active: turns on MIDI mode. Input Active:
turns on the MIDI input, Slave Mode Active:
turns on a new mode in which one Amiga run-
ning SoundStudio is controlled like a MIDI
module from another MIDI instrument (which
could be another Amiga running SoundStudio
or any other software), Input Channel: selects
the channel on which MIDI input will be read
(not for MIDI Slave mode). Ext Sync; turns on
an alternative remote control mode in which
another Amiga running SoundStudio or
OctaMED can start and stop the song on this
Amiga, Send Sync: sets up this Amiga to act
as the master in such a situation. Send Active
Sensing: sends out periodical messages say-
ing "I'm here and listening" to any connected
MIDI devices. Read Key Ups: a 'note off com-
mand will be inserted when you release a key
on a MIDI instrument during recording (also
works with the Amiga keyboard). Read
Volume: reads and records 'initial velocity data
as volume data from touch-sensitive key-
boards. Immediate Preset Change: sends a
preset change MIDI message immediately if a
MIDI preset is changed in the Instrument
Properties section, otherwise a preset chainge
message is sent when that instrument is next
played. Reset Pitch/Presets: sends out reset
messages for all pitch bender, modulation
wheel and preset values. Send MIDI Reset:
sends out a MIDI reset message. Send Local
Control: sends out a Local Control On/Off
message. Note Killing: selects one of two
kinds of methods for turning notes off. SMF
Load Options: calls up the window dealing
with loading Standard MIDI Files. Controller
Commands: set options for MIDI controHers.
Settings menu
Various preferences and settings are accessed
here. Mouse Options: allows you to change
the functions of the mouse buttons. Keyboard
Options: various keyboard configuration
options, Programmable Keys: set up functions
for the programmable keys, Keyboard
Shortcuts: these can be re-defined and added
to. Mixing Settings; calls up the all-important
mixing settings for your chosen output device.
Aura Sampler; specific options for use with
Aura. Equalisers: choose from a couple of
'equaliser' type displays, Miscellaneous: a
bundle of settings that don't fit anywhere else.
Screen: change to any available scr&enmode
instr Edit mm
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Keuboard options...
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Equaiizers
Misceitaneous...
screen
Ruto*Freeze screen
Palette...
Font.*,
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save settings
save settings fts...
of your choice. Auto-freeze Screen: switches
on automatic screen freezing. Palette: cus-
tomise the screen palette to your taste. Font;
select new fonts, useful if you've changed
screen modes. Windows: snapshot tools for
the windows. Load/Save settings: store or
recall all the settings via the default settings
file or create any number or alternative
settings files. ■
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The tracker
Listen up! Trackers are much simpler and easier to use than you think. It looks like a bunch
of alpha-numeric garhage but when you know what you're seeing it makes sense. In
SoundStudio, a song is made up of a series of blocks. These blocks are put into order with
the Playing Sequence section and car> be in any order you like, the same blocks repeated as
often and where ever seems appropriate Blocks are made up of anything from T to 64
tracks. A track is displayed as a vertical column in the biock and consists of three main
parts. The first specifies the note, such as D#5, which is D Shflrp on octave number five-
Next to this on the right is a number or letter which signifies which instrument is being
played. Finally there are four digits which hold information for the command parameters.
These are for adding effects to the sound as it is playprJ The first two of these digits indi-
cate the type of effect command, i
(eg how much of the effect is
used on the instrument).
When you play a block or
song, the sequence scrolfs up the
screen. When some instrument
data passes through the centre
line it s played by the computer,
A handy shortcut for moving
from one block to the next is to
use the Shift key with the Up
and Down cursor keys.
If you need to know more
about the fundamentals of track-
ers and Amiga audio in general,
dig out Dr Morgan's Complete
Guide to Amiga Music and FX,
the free book given away with
the M^av WS& issue of CU Amiga
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Wired World dir in the magaiine section.
After deciding where you want to install
PGR create a directory called PGP in that
drawer and copy the contents of the 'bin'
directory from the archive into it. Next yog
will need to set an ENV variable for the path
where PGP is installed. For this type the
following in the shell:
PGP is a CLI e?tecytable with some rather
complex commands to perform various
functions. The first step of mstallation is to
extrsict the PGP archive to somewhere onto
yoyr hard drive. We are working wrth the
AmigaPGP 2,6,3i distribution which can be
found on Demon's FTP site at
ftp.demon.co.Ltk/ .d3/amigaAjtil/crypt/
PGPAmiga 2.6.3is.lha. If you have the CO
issue, you can find a drawer called PGP in the
Copy EHV:P<*PP&TH EHVXBCi
Make sure Workbench: PGP is
changed to the path where PGP
has been installed. Now in our
PGP directory we have ■PGP263i-
OQO' and 'PGP263i^20* for the
eeoOO and 68020 CPUs. You
should pfck the version relevant to
your CPU, rename it to just plain
'PGP' and copy somewhefe in
your Amiga DOS path. A safe
bet would be the C: assi<gn.
For example;
ran ail pgp2ff3l-D20 'B^P
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" flow you should be able to simply type PGP
in the shell and have it report back the oomect
versior!. We're now reddy to get started so we
have to generate a secret and pub<ic key. Ent«
PGP -kg in the shell PGP will ask you what
size key you would Ifke to use. Only choose
384 Of 51 2 bits as 1 024 is too Slow. Next it wil
want a user ID. The format for this gene^lly
matches something like; Koe Bloggs ^ j^
<joe@bloggs-com>'. Insert your ID m tKJs fof-
rnal with your own Fmail address etc and hit
zmm
my PCP key from both tfw
floppy disk (called mst.pgp) and oo
\t\e CO in the Wired World directory
again, To add a puWic key to your
public key-fing, firstly you'll need to
clip out the Liiuencod&-like public
key from an Email and save it out.
The syntax for PGP is PGP -ka
<keyf ile> SO you can add my
PGP key to ytsur keyring by;
PSP -ka
tt.pflp
return, Mext PGP will ask for a pass phrase,
Choose something you won't need to write
(town and you won't forget as you"H need it
evefy time to access PGP If you forget it. your
iteys will be useless. PGP will ask for it again
to confirm that it got it right since you can t
see what you're typing at this point.
Now PGP wiH want a randorn bunch of key
EHTBsses to inttialise a randon>seed file. This is
a techn-icality so we won't go into It, just type
until the nurrber ticks down to 0. PGP will
iHen sper>d some time creating your keys, AH
vve need now is an ASCII version of our publtc
feey and to generate this, type;
Change ID to a part of your own user tD.
PGP does a wildcard match, for example t just
use 'mat' and it picks my key. You shouJd now
find that you have a text file in the current
directory called mykeytxt. Place this some-
where where it's easy to include into Emails
and such forth. Have a look at it m a text
editor or type mykey.txt to take a look at your
very first PGP puttie key! This little bit of text
rs what you need to sefid to other people so
they can encrypt data to you so you may use
any mechanism to distribute it you like, on
your home page? (Make it a click on link so
visitors can save it out and add to theif public
key-ring)
Now we'll try a quick test so we can see
everything is wording OK, Type a tittle mes-
sage in a text editor and save it as ram: mes-
sage txt. Now run thfoygh the following:
CD
■ ■«ig<a.txt
When PGP asks for a user ID, ertter your own.
Now you'll have a file cafled message ixt.asc.
See tf>e encrypted text file
-A ■■■■Mgra . txt . aac
Entef your password when PGP asks for it and
the file will be decrypted.
The message has been successfully decoded
In this way we can use PGP to encrypt any
file be it tent or a binary to another PGP user
but first we'll need their PGP key: You can
You'll be asked how well you tmst that
this key belongs to the person it fs supposed
to. This is a bit overly technical, mainly you
just answer YES You can view your collection
of public keys by typing PGP -kv and even
extract those people's PGP keys from
your keyring if you need to pass them to
someone eise.
There's quite a bit more to driving PGP but
that's the basics and will get you by managing
yCHjr coitection of public keys, encrypting and
decrypting Email. See the documentation pro-
vided fof further infofmation. fn-particular
readers with the cover CD cao find useful con-
cise information in AmigaGuide fonn in the
PGP directory, f^ext we'll look at a coupie of
untitles to make using PGP much easier.
PGPtoGUI is a Stand alone GUI interface for
PGR It handles everything from public key
management to actual encryption/decryption.
It can be found on the Ami net in the path
uti1/crypt/PGPt:oGUIV2,0e,lha and of course on
our cover CD in the PGP directory again. After
extracting the archive, all that's needed is to
Copy one of the two icons supplied as an
.info for the executable called PGRoGUIv2
.Oe. Then choose preferences from the project
menu and configure the full path (o your
PGP executable.
PGPtoGUI can even be used to gener^e
your initial secret and public key pair rf
required. The buttons are pretty self explanato-
ry hut again you'll need to save out all of your
encrypted Emails and such forth as text to
pass into PGPtoGUI. The same goes for
encrypted mail, the encrypted text will have to
be generated and then included into an Email
in your Email client of choice.
What would be more useful would be to
use PGP transparently right where it's needed,
that is in your text editor. I use the commercial
Cygnus Editor package which has an excellent
ARexx port and there happens to be some
great ARexx scripts specifically to drive PGP
Unsurprisingly they tan be found on the
Aminet in util/crypt/CEDPGPIha and of course
on the cover CD in the usual place. I dkj find
that all of the scripts required editirtg %o that
the fine which says pgpit - must be
changed to pgpt = 2, this sets the PGP ver-
sion to what we are using.
Once this is done, the scripts are easily
added frOm CED's 'special' menu and the
ARexx/DOS interface section. Encrypt and
Decrypt are just added to function keys. Even
if you don't have Cygnus Editor there's a host
of great shareware ARexx capable editors
available. With a Trttle work xhe scnpts could
be modified to run on those for transparent
PGP usage.
If you've any suggestions for what you'd
like to see in Wired World in the future,
please let me know and drop me an Email to
mat@mats.net ■ \
M«t Bettinson
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Net God speaks
If you remember, the
Amiga supported the
PNCa file format in
web browsers before
anv of the i^ig PC
boys did. And ee
usual CU Amiga
Magazine (or my col>
umnr in fact) was
th^re to tell you
al>out it before
anyone else.
Unfortunately, there's
proprietary teciinoio>
gv abounding on the
PC Met scene which
generally means
Amiga support will
never be fort boom-
ing. When I say pro-
prietary technology I
am talldng about
RealAudic:i which is a
scheme for audio to
be spooled over the
Net to your com put
er. The authors of
RealAudio have
turned an Amiga port
down flat. i4owever,
all is not lost as it
turns out that there's
a new audio format
called MPEG 'layer 3'
vvhicb has better
specifications and
better still it's not
proprietary. It's coffi-
ing into Increasing
use as a spooling
form on the Internet,
so all we need is an
Amiga Intptementa-
tion. Luckily.
I Browse's author
Stefan Burst roem is
working on It^ so
that's good newsl
I
-
Viscorp's set top box didn't see the light of
day but Sony's did. New improved Voyager
hits the streets and Miami gets SANA2.
Web TV diifecuaiion
Sony's WebTV has been causing
a stir on the Amiga's busiest
Usenet newsgroup, com p.
svs.amiga.misc. This unit plugs
into your livmg room television
and allows bfowsing of the
WWW. Souind famifiar? Obviouslv
the WebTV beat VEScorps' 'EO'
set-top box to
the market so
it's interesting
to Amiga
users to see
how it is
received.
There is an
interesting dis-
cussior> to be
had on the subject though sadly
it's partially swamped with cri-
tiques of American computer tele-
vision programs but it's still worth
a look.
Mtami gota SAMA2
Arthough promised' for Miami 2.0,
SANA2 support has been added
to a public Beta version of Miami
1 .8.x and should be fully
debugged by the time the betas
reach l,9.j( (as was T/TCP sup-
port, see Voyager article).
For those that don't know,
SANA2 is the Commodore net-
working standard for interfaces
which connect to networking or
TCP/IP software including Envoy,
ASZ25, AmlTCP and now Miami.
This means that Miami can now
be used with an Ethernet board or
any other networking device that
has a SANAZ driver, AmigaNet
and MagPLIP for parallel Amiga to
Amiga use, are two more exam-
ples. Too many other changes and
enhancements have been added
to Miami to document here, but
one things for sure, it's a TCP/IP
stack the Amiga can be proud of.
Point your web browser to
http;//www.america.com/— kruse/a
miga/Miami.htmJ for more details
and the latest version.
Voyagflr is looking good and now Hi awoilaM» oa ahflrawar»
Contrarv to the belief that work wa» floundering due to Oliver
Wagner's doirimitments to the MicroDot H project. Voyager has
received rtumeroys additions to its features list since its public 1.0
freeware release and now i^ been made available as shareware.
Just before going to press, the big news was that Vovagei- has
just gained support for Frames. This brings Voyager's current fea-
ture list to include; HTML 1,0, 2.0 and 3.1, Internal Image decoding
for progressive on-the-fly rmag« loading for GIF and jpeg, Anim
GIF support, HTML 'Tables' and many more 'Netscapisms' sup-
ported such as FONT SIZE and HR WIDTH. Voyager also has
improved compatibility whh broken/ nonstandard HTML code.
Another new feature is T/TCP (TCP for Transactions} which
allows much faster IfTTP links to »ervere. This w only currently
supported by Miami 1.9.9( beta werstons and web servers support'
ing T/TCP themselves | quite a few). A new preferences page is
included with sub-pages similar to IBrowse's preferences. Shifts
click downloading of files to disk added. Internal SMTP send capa-
bility for mailto^ and mailto: forms. Improved new» handlingi.
So far it looks like Voyager is the most complete browser on the
Amiga at the time of going to press though the authors of AWeb
and IBrowse promise Frames support in the next versions of their
software. Voyager also only costs only £15, less than half of the £35
which I Browse and AWeb 2.1 cost-
Call Active Software on 01325 352250 for registratiion d«ta»ls or
Emaii them on active#enterprtse.net. Vou can also find a 'i«g tool'
on the Vaporware WWW site at htt.p:// www.vapor.com which will
aid registering all \^porware software in any country. Latest detaib
are on Vaporware's web siite; http://www-vapor.com/voyager/
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Surf of the Month
Handing him his pacicsd lunch
for sustenance, we sent one man
into the Net for a day of discKivery
Here's wrfiat he crame back
Back on our screens for fts seventh
serfes. Red Dwarf is as
popular as ever, espe-
cially among the
irrternet community,
even ff it does seem to have
made a few compromises this
time around. If vou're a fan of Kryten,
Rimmer, Cat, Holly and Uster, chances are
yoj ve already thrown Red Dwarf into a search
engine and received a Ihreing of web sites
dedicated to tlie unlikjely sci-fi sitcom. Either
way a good place to srart is Androo's SriJI-
Smegging-Kliant Red Dwarf Hame F^ge. This
site itseff doesn't have a huge amount of
stuff on it. but it does serve as a
neat introduction and offers plen-
ty of links to other Red Dwarf
pages and links,
A little closer to horre but still
with a tenuous space/earth orbit
kind of theme, information from
TFie Mrt Office's weaEher satel-
lites can be access from their
own web site. The Met Office site
offers weather reports and forecasts for the
UK. up to date pictures of the UK and Europe
from geostationary satellites and links to
other weather related web sites, it also has a
section for job vacancies at the Met Office.
Compared to some American weather sites
it's a btt of a poor effort, but I suppose that's
the difference between a British government
institution and the Yanlc's whizi-^ang
approach to the media.
While most of the northem hemisphere
looks forward to warmer times, snowbcarders
win be hoping for a good covering of the white
stuff across the
world's ski resorts.
If you're one of the
growing numbers of people
gearing up for a session on the slopes, why
not get yourself in itie mood by visitinig a few
snowboarding wtjb sites. The RnnJsh-njn
Snwbrdr's SrKuwbqimljng F^e is home to all
kinds of pictures, info and links for those who
like to slide down icy hills on small ironing
boards World rankings, a decent picture
library and a chat forum are airiong the many
features on offer.
FaincY a bit of childish escapism? There's
always the t^ttwy si^e, As you'd expect, it's
One of the better loci!;ing sites and has lots to
keep you occupied. Unfortunately, much of it
requires specific PC web browsing software
to use propei'lV, but the story books work
fine (but, don't get 100 depressed - take a
look at the new version of Voyager - it's hot
en the heels of current PC browsers^.
Anyway, the Disney site is ni'ce and colourful
and doesn't hit you as hard as you might
Those sites in ful
Red Dwarf Lin4'
expect with atl the sales flatter and adverts.
Most of us would like to be able to see into
the future Surprisinglv, some claim they can.
Even more surprisingly, even more people
believe them! If you want your digital palm
read, try hooking up to Ihe Daily Zodiac
ForcciHt, but don't blame ys if what they tell
you turns out to be a load of cobblers.
You've probably read all about Quiid^lE's
bid for the Amiga in this month's news sec-
tion, but if you want to know more you can
hook up to their site where you can read an
open letter to the Amiga com m unity from
Quiki^k's bosses, and also check up on their
latest plans for new Amiga models, which
include a biza^e 'luggable' Amiga based on an
A4O00T with a flipnip LCD screen.
One site worth dropping into on a regular
basis is the Amiga Web Difiectorr, which as
its name suggests, offers links to all kinds of
Amiga-related web sites, It's also home to an
excel lent Amiga news service and is backed
up by an Amiga web site search engine. With
fK) official Amiga body to quiz about the
miachine s future, this is a valuable fonjm and
definitely one to bookrnark
If this month's SoundStudio covermount
has got you in the mood for a bit of compos-
ing, take a look at the Yamaha si^te for details
of their e>ctremely wide range of MIDI and
recording gear They've got everything from
the cheapest multitimbrat sound modules right
up to Cutting edge mono synths. Still on a
musical theme, FMand have a very impressive
site with an interactive MC-303 that makes
sounds as you tweak its buttons and knobs,
but Only if you have a System capable of
RealAudio, which rules out any Amiga
browsers unfortunately. If you're looking for a
miixer you're bourtd to find one to fit your
requirements arkd your budget
on the
Spirit site. They've got models starting at
under £200 right up to great big professional
studio- models.
Maybe you'd rather just Buy some music on
CD rather than making your own. If so. the
One StoTB' srte could be just what you need.
h:'s an on-line shopping site that currently is
made up of departments selling mustc, bikes,
photographic equipment and educational soft-
ware a strange mix indeed. Additional
departments are on the way, indudirtg videos
and games. By the way, it's run by those
awfuffy nice guys at Team 17.
Totally unconnected to that is this page of
links to football dub home pages. A divi-
sion of UKDirectofy/iport, it offers links
to pages dedicated to football clubs
ranging from Whitley Bay FC to
Manchester United via Dunfermline
Athletic. However, I was disappointed to
find the link to fun sounding
Arsenet', an unofficial
Arsenal page, lead to noth-
ing. By tracing the URL
back to the main UK Directory you have
access to a vast number of sites sorted
by subject matter, including business,
community, computers, education,
employment, entertainment, finance,
government home pages, news,
shopping, sports, transportation
and travel. Another one to put in
your hotllst.
Budding artists and animators can
check out loads of good ideas and technique
examples at Emmett Scott's Cartoon Comer,
It's full of ideas to make your own cartoons
The MM Offtea
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plain funny. Tfvefe are sections a number of
different aspects of cartoon creation including
caricature, animation and drawing tricks. It's
decorated with neat little cartoon images
that, for a change, are stored using only
the required amount of colours for fast
downloading.
We'll finish up this month with a
quick look at the Hard to Rnd
Racords web site, fhis is a
Birmingham based shop specialis-
ing in rare and deleted dance
records. Most of the stock
seems to be classics from the
world of house and techno,
including many imports. You can
browse the stock list alphabetically
to check If they have your particular
tune. If you're not sure of the name of
your desired record you can even send
them a tape and they'll do their best
to identify it and track Jt down for
you. txpeet to pay between £4 and
E30 depending on the coHectability of
the particular slab of vinyl.
That's all for now. Happy surfing! ■
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TUTOfiiAL
Masterclass
There are times ivhen your
mouse and pointers aren't
enough and only a text
command will do. Real men
don't use WliVIPS ...
If you have been following
this series of Masterclass
then you are probably ready
to leave the comfort of the
Graphical User Interface
behind and go off to explore
the Shell.
So what exactly is the Amiga's
Shell? !s it a hard erforusted cov-
ering that surrounds your Amiga
keepings its innards intact and
safe? No. The Shell is the special
window which accepts typed
commands: you'll find it in the
System directory. Perhaps the
easiest way to start a Shell is to
press Right-Amiga and N, and
then enter 'newshelT into the
pop-up requester.
Top instructor
From the Shell you c&n enter
a wide range of commands
which can achieve everything you
can do from the Workbench and
a lot more besides. The Shell and
Workbench compliment each
other extremely we I h certainly
more than, say, an MSDOS shell
open on a Windows desktop.
And as for Apple Macs... well, if
you really need to enter text
commands on an Apple Mac you
must clearly have the wrong sort
of computer-
There are a large number of
AmigaDOS commands, and as.
we saw in a previous episode,
most of these are stored in the
Workbench's C: directory.
Hopefully you will have already
played around with the Shell
{perhaps to use ARexx) and so
you'll kriow some basic
AmigiaDOS commands, such as
■CD', 'DIR' and 'ED'.
RAIVIs 'n' List
The key to keeping track of your
files is to know and love the
AmigaDOS 'List' command.
List is superficially similar
to 'DIF'. as by default both will
produce a list of files in the
current directory.
However, List is considerably
more powerful and has a million
and one different options which
can produce a detailed analysis
of your current directory.
Both List and Dir will accept
an argument in the form of an
AmigaDOS device, For example,
you can obtain a list of the files
in the RAM disk by typing;
dlr cHm; or list ran:
Vbu can see that the results
are the same, although the List
version includes extra informa-
tion such as the files' status
flags, the creation date and time,
and the file size. This is only the
start of what List can do.
Here's an example. Let's say
B I Hmffgywrr
^*i* st»H process 6
S . I*jrkt*fwh : > dLr ran.
EMV <dll'J
Clipbaarda Cdlcl'
T iiiir>
Con*iwnd-Be-Tei
KlUeaX.rffKx
roc
pLop2
g ] F>ilgaSti«(l .
WW SfWLT process 7 ~~" ' ~"
J.tie^fVbir^ > Lii.t ran:
Hr*ctciry "rm ' on Fri^#y !B-J»ft-9?
itop 6-146 ^— ^-r»»d Today
s^op2 * \3Zi3 — r»ftd T«l*y
ilopi 745 tsa r»»d Today
CU\&ik.r»xx 2lf4 rw-d T<?4iy
Jisk.info 1932 ^-rw-d Today
EHV Dir- *^*d Today
;: I LisbGi^rds Di-*' n*»d Tcid!«y
r Dlr —rv*d Today
:o«MVid-«»'Tiai t43a — ~rw»d Today
I filM - 3 dirtotctrit* - 767 &tc»l(» u>td
B.Uorkb*neh:>
^KKr4r^^^
1BM2
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18:08
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as
51
48
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59
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Ittfv nin ndiraiitioi Itr fH I* |* 4lfH|ll.
you remember creating a particu-
larly good picture in your
favourite art program, but you
cannot remember the file name
nor can you remember where
you stored it on your large hard
disk. In fact, atl you know was
that you rendered the picture in
the first week of January, and that
the file ends in the usual '.iff
extension. How on earth can y(^u
locate it? Well yov could go
through every file or directory on
your Amiga searching through for
something resembling your lost
picture or you could use List and
save yourself hours/weeks of end-
less frustration and searching.
Please note: this example
assumes you have a battery
backed clock fitted to your
Amiga - if you don't, none of the
files will be dated properly Most
A1200 expansion cards have
battery backed clocks though so
there isn't much cause for
you to worry as it should work.
Two of the keywards which
List accepts are 'Since" and
'Upto'. The first, 'Since', Will H&t
only those files created after the
supplied date, whilst the second,
'UpTo', will list files which
have been created before the
supplied date. They can be used
separately, Or combined to define
a special 'window' in time.
The following is the List com-
mand which will list only those
files present.
list #?.lff ■ine« Ol-j&n-
97 upto 07-j«i~97 ttll
iLohmmA quick £il«i
tt looks a bit complicated, but
we'll take it step by step. First of
all we use a wildcard, which
restricts all the files to those end-
ing in Mff '.
The 'Since' and "Upto' com-
mands are hopefully setf-explana-
n
Execute a FUe
SheU
eg]
Enter Connand and its flrflunents:
Qk [
. T)w fHKliHl wtf l« Df El J Sluli. HUir ft»\^t tht 'L«ive Oirt line Shell lluu on Lheir ntrWbeiicli wiinkw.
"■'g""^'
TUTORIAL
Templates
If you need a hand using an AmigaDOS command, there's aiways
I'iilp to b© had. If you want to know what arguments to use with a
particular command, you oniy need use it with the help keyword,
which is a question mark, like this;
This produces a list of all the optfons which can be used with the
connman.d, and each option is followed by a special code letter As an
exannple, here's what you get in return:
DIR^M, P»PAT/K,Kl!Ya/3,ElATEg/S, M0I>A'rESyS,TO/K, 3UB/KySI
IfCB/K, t7PTO/K, giTICK/ S , BliOCK/S , HOHEAD/ S , FII^S /S, DIRB/S
, LFORHAT / p; , SORT / K, USERS / S , GROUPS / S , ALL / S 3
Here's what those code letters actually mean;
/A - Argument, Something must follow in order for this com.mand
to work.
/K - Keyword, The word itself is optional, but if used an argument is
required.
/s - Switch. This turns an optJon on or off.
■n F)Bi4aSh»U -<"
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lev Shell process 6
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i««erml(
>.UDrkb«Kh:> liit 7
■ILE/H:
iM3rlt*»Kt{ > SMKon ?
1HWJ1, SWRD»/fi , <U/t . rt)W!/S, <Wt£T/S , iWl[JC/S;FILE/5,PWrTSRN^
ni(fJ4rta »r9mtr\t ittsint
tory. Remember that Amiga DOS
will also accept the words
Today" and 'Yesterday'.
ALL
The 'air keyword forces the list
to be performed not only in the
current directory, but also in a)l
the sui3- directories as wefl.
For example, if you are currently
in the Workber>ch: directory, this
will force List to look through S:,
C:, L: and so on,
NOHEAD
The 'nohead' keyword stops list
from displaying the current direc-
tory name as it examines it If
you leave it out, you'll see a large
number of directories listed one-
by-one.
QUICK
By using 'quick' we keep the out-
put to a list of names only, and
do without the flags, file size and
creation date,
FILES
including 'files' stops any directo-
ries which were altered within
the dates from being listed. As
we only want to find a particular
file, this will speed thirigs up
a bit.
There - I bet you never knew
there was so much to the List
command. It's a very effective
tool for helping you tracli down
files. There are plenty of key-
words too: here are some more
which you might find useful:
If you have switched off dates by
using QUICK, this will cause
them to be displayed again. For
example:
list quick dates
This will display Only filenames
and dates, and ignore flags and
sizes.
DIRS
In the same way in which FfLES
suppresses the listing of any-
thing which isn't a file, so DIRS
suppresses the listing of any-
thing which isn't a directory.
Example:
liiit uohaad Alim
LFORMAT
In case you thought that List was
in some way limited, the LFOR-
MAT command is what you need.
LFORMAT takes a string as it's
LFORMAT
Use List wtth LFORMAT and you can fine-tune the output exactly
LFORMAT needs a string, and the contents of this string determine
what the output looks like. Here's a list of the special flags in the
string are used for,
%A - Attrtbutas (the ff^gs)
%B - Blocks (a measure of file srze(
%C • Commsnt (soma files have short text strings
associated with it]
%P - Date of file creation (or last modified]
%K - Key (an Indication of the files location on dish)
%L - Length (in bytee)'
%N - Name of tho file
%t> - Peth of the file
%T - Time of file creation (or laat modified)
Vou can also use your own text in the LFORMAT string in you
choose. Here's a example which list the filename, its path and the
time it was created.
Hat Iformat "The £ila Hn
WA* craktad «t %t uxd lo
This control is perfect for creating text files which contain the
infofmation in the order you need for subsequent processing,
_0|f*ijaS«;l_l
*•» E^>. I prccess ft ^ ' '"
IW M(« ljr<ph.ei inra w crN^cd it II 37 K and l» found «t
[h< rit« Uark WH Sf**t«d »'. 20:39:25 Wid 4s found at
the fll» tork.vftfo nm crMtM »t '4 37.57 *Kl It fSMid a*
(he ril* LflM Mf crMlM tt 13 !t 96 DX i» round «t
the file J»i.lnfq *» cre9t*i «1 10.36;K arri l» foi*d «t
\ht fit* Diih.'.tfo w cr»c<d it 't. 37:25 una '\% (ame «<
) iii«rUMhCh:>
argument, and the contents of
the string determines exactly
what is displayed and in what
order See the box out for more
details.
NODATES
Stops Dates from being dis-
played. Don't waste your time
using it at the same time as
DATES.
Example;
list Dodates
This will suppress the date
and time dsta from display.
TO
When TO is used, the output
from the List command will be
sent to following file. Vies, you
can do the same thing with the
re-direction '">" option. This is
more legible though. Example:
list since (}l-J1in-9€ to
E&mtDYflles
This can be useful if you need
the files sorted into Ofder. Unlike
Dir List will not sort the files,
However, if they are stored in a
file you can use the AmigaDOS
command "sort" to produce a
new, sorted list.
USERS
Sor-ry, I've absolutely no idea!
Answers to the usual address
please I
It's easy to see why List is
such an important command to
get to know. It will help you keep
track of all your files and it's also
invaluable when writing scripts
either in ARexx (sych as KiUbak)
or in AmigaDOS.
Any bright ideas?
If there is anything that you would like to see a mas-
terclass tutorial on, please write in and let us knoMr.
Likewfise if there is any subject that is not covered In
the workshop: section that you would like to know
more about pleeee drop us a line at CU Amiga
Magazine, Priory Court, 30-32 Ferringdon Leno,
London EC1R 3AU.
TUTORIAl
Seek and destroy
Looking after the files on your floppy and hafd disks car be a chore
There are so many, it's easy to forget what most of them are for.
Before you know it, your hand disk is 90% fuH and it's tfme for a bit of
a spring clean. One of the most useful programs I wrote was 'Killbak",
which searches through the current directory (and subsequertt sub-
directories) looking for files ending in '.bak". These are files which
application programs often create when savirtg projects: for example,
you may haive a text project called "article.doc". When you edit it and
save it for the second time, the original will be renamed "article. bak'.
Once you have finished the project the ".bak " file is useless, and sim-
ply consumes space. Nuke it! KillBak is included hereabouts, and also
on the CD-ROM, It's written in AResx, which means it's simply an
Ofdinary text file: until it's used with RX like this:
RZ EaMikllllMlE
which executes it- in this case, I've copied the program to the RAM
disk to start with. Remember, Killbak will work with the files in the cur-
rent directory So if you warn to delete all the ",bak" files from the
Workbench partition of your system, keep the ICillbak.rexx file in RAM
but do a
CE> woEkbflnch:
befofe you run it Here's the listing (it's on tfie CO in the mag drawer.)
/*
S««rcli for f tl« navAfl
MDiding in tf7bakr and tJiaii
*/
»ddcasB I I ■■nil I til /* 0^a.a AmigaJXJS *f
/• riEst, gMi*r«t« list of fila* & »!*•» */
say ^mAXag 11 Bt of «1I tilmm i* curx«it: dlrwsto-'
ry *
'lint Ifoxaat ~^^Azi \1' All fil«a > tit««>ll»1^'
call cloatttofutflla)
■■7 ^Vambmx of back-up fil«Bc' atdlwr
■■7 ~Dri-r* «pBc* toJkao up: ~ total_alx*
If mmib^T-mO tlMD call ProcaaaPilsH { ;(
/• All Aonml */
mmY '^TiMi. m h m d . '
•Kit
PzocaaBFilaa i
do Diiil* {aLii«»er--'P' « «iiffi«r~-*c*)
* um^ "[t>]«l«te fllaa or [Cluneal?'
pAfsa pull «ns«raE
■nm*r>3upp«E { mjiMwmx \
■«l«ct
r-'D' tlun call DalataVllvBO
>'C' tJian ratnxn
ratuxn
DalataTilaa t
/* HoWf aaaxch foz' th o K * ■ndisff in .lAlt *'/
Say ^Adding up fll* •!■■■..'
tnf il«- ' Inf lla '
out£il*- 'outf ila '
tot sl_ ■ i sv^O
nunbax-^O
call ox>«n(oufcf Ha, 't snapoE-t * r 'w' }
call opan(inflla,'t!ti^vliafc','ir'}
do wbil* -aof (lofil*)
da. t a~r««dln ( livf Ha )
If data^^c" tlian do
pazBa VBf data nimapnfTi ~ * aixa
if aisisa-^a^pty' t&*& aixa-O
taat -right (naaapAtli, 4 )
if {taat-'-balk') Uiah do
total aixaKtotal aixa-it-aiaa
do whila {mnMwmx"*'K* ft ^Bswar-^'C' )
■ay ^Dalata [A] 11 or [CloafixM aadi osmT'
paraa imll anaweir
anKwarBuppar { anawar )
call opaii(liifila,'ti3fapo3^t','c'}
do n-l to maiibar
f lla-nadln Unf 1 1* >
data-'dalata ^ | |dac(34) [ (fila| |d2c(34)
if U
do
iaE-'C ) than
confiiW '
do ithll* <csnfixH»«*T' & oonfii
confii
loittie*-
'0-}
aay -Dalat* - || fll* || - [T]«, [»lo,
para* pull eenflni
eonfiruEuppar {conf ixa)
and
aAd
ttall III ii ■liitiiiir Tilt. niiaaparTi)
and
«nd
aad
call cloBadnf ila)
if (ccmflxM-'T*} than Intarprattdata)
if (e<MifixB>*Q*} than laava
and
call close (iofila)
t»tum
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iiijaiati^
Frequently Asked Questions
With all ttiis untsertainrty hanging in
the air^ is there anv point to H all?
Yes. And here's some reasons why.
■d. WIWtiBtfiB
tlOMf At?
The Amiga is still an excel-
lent twrrhe computer Easy to use
and reliable, it's cheap, easily
expanded and wofks with any
colour teievision. The Amiga is still
the best way to get into fieJds
such as desktop video and ftilisIc:
it can do both right 'out of the
box' with no extra hardware
required. With software packages
such as Rnai Witer, WofdWorth,
Draw Studio and Art Effect, it
can compare very favourably to
application software running on
other platfonns,
The Amiigs also has a vibrant
shareware and public domain soft-
ware scene. With resources such
as the Aminet, there is no way
you'll run out ot new and interest-
ing programs to use on the
Amiga. The internet has also
allowed Amiga users to get
together and chat, which means
there is always a large and popu-
lar Amiga crowd to chat with.
■d. How
'as?
In
In many ways, the Arriga
Operating System is considerably
better than Windows '95. It's a (ot
more compact for a start and it's
possible to own an Amiga with
only 2Mb of RAM and a single
floppy disk drive and still get worlt
tJone. By contrast, an entry level
PC now features 1 6Mb of menKj-
ry. an 133MH2 Pentium and a 1Gb
hard drive.
The Amiga 05 is also very fast
and supports superb multrtaskir>g
features. Tying the OS to the
Amiga hardware makes it possible
to perform such tricks as drag-
ging and flicking screens: some-
thing not possible on the PC. The
Amiga also comes with ARexx, a
powerful scripting language which
can be used to link application
programs together. There is still
nothing quite like this on the PC.
There are flaws of course:
Windows includes reliable and
invisible Virtual Memory as
standard, as well as support for
networks and the internet. It's
also easier to upgrade separate
components such as the graphics
or sound system.
to Uifll of
PC7
It cannot be denied that the
years have not beert kind to the
Amiga. The raw processing power
of the PC and constant develop-
ment of graphics cards mean that
impressive games like Quake are
possible. The new gerkeration of
3D graphics cards will make more
games possible. Ail this hardware
does have its price of course: arvd
an all singing-all dancing PC for
playing state-of-the-art games will
cost considerably more than the
combined priced of an A1ZO0 and
a PlayStation or Nintendo 64.
aO-oof
toa PC7
to
■A. No. of course you don't, A(l
your existing Amiga software will
still work, regardless of how many
copies of Microsoft Word are
soW- If you ^ave an Amiga with
an 030 (or even an 020) and 4 or
BMb of extra memory, you need a
very quick PC before a program
such as Word will wfork as quickly.
If you buy a PC, you will need
to be prepared to upgrade it regu-
larly: unlike the Amigai. PC's date
extremely quickly. By the time you
read this, there is every chance
that the Pentium processor itself
will be out of date and you would
be expected to buy a new
Pentium MMX chip.
The same goes for memory
and hard disk space. Whilst 8Mb
on a Amiga is pfenty, you need
16, 32Mb or more on a PC for
the same results. If you bought a
PC with a 75MHz Pentium last
year, you'll find its too stow
for most games and large
applications now.
■ Q. VWlHt
IVtocanrtoah?
Apples look smart, but
they are still very expensive.
Unlike an Amiga (or even a PC)
you cannot buy a cheaper model
and upgrade in stages. The oper-
ating system is closer to the
Amiga's than the PC's (if you can
cope with a single mouse button)
although you'll miss features such
as tf>e ShelJ and being .able to
obtain shareware or inexpensive
application software. Apple as a
company are currently undergoing
big changes, wfth acquisitions
such as the NeXT Step Operating
System, so who knows what the
neift generation of Apple comput-
ers will look like, or what software
they will run.
■Q. Wlwt about 1h»
Ihrtw* of tho Afniga?
it havoona?
interested parties looking at the
Amiga. If new Amigas are to
appear there are several options.
Either the Amiga could live
through the continued use of
Motorola 6B060's processors, or
the OS could be resurrected on
some new hardware (such as the
proposed PhaseB system). This
could incorporate a PowerPC
processor (the same as used in
the Apple systems which is
renowned for being nippy and a
good 680x0 emulation )^ and cus-
tom hardware for controlling
graphics and sound. Hardware
has come a long way since the
1390's when the Amiga's custom
chipset was first designed: a sys-
tem designed from scratch would
be able to deal with 30 textures
and reaHime full motion video as
easily as the Amiga deads with
the Copper
The Amiga Operating System
will certainly not be forgotten: to
nvany people it's more important
than the Amiga hardware, As
proved by PC programs such as
'UAE'. the OS can be run on other
platforms and this wlH ensure
than the Amiga Workbench and
Amiga applications will still be
used many years from now,
■Q. Shotrfd I ata
ii t OiMiy on my Amaga?
Although the VlScorp deal
seems to have fallen through,
there are still plenty of other
If you intend to continue
to use your Amiga, there is no
reason not to. Recent software
releases are excellent, and
extremely good value for money -
especially when compared to
applications on rival platforms.
When it comes to spending
money on hardware you might be
more than a little cautious: but
remember, if you buy a SIMM, a
printer, an IDE hard drive, a CD-
ROM, ZIP or JAZ drive that these
can all be used with a PC toe, ■
John Kennedv
Logos, meanings
and mysteries:
CD32 queries,
ParNET and
various other
CD-ROM-
related problems.
All about
upgrading RAM,
operstino
iystefln
and processors.
Plugnn hardware
of spy kirhd:
scanners, disk
drives etc.
Answers to
queHes on
particular pieces
of softwara.
Music, sampling,
MIDI and any-
th ing th at makes
a loud nobv^
Miscellaneous
tr>n|$ to keep
your Amiga fun-
ning smootfily.
Form-feeds,
page-breaks,
preferences and
lots, lots more)
nffonitoirs, TVs,
modulators,
3creefi-m>odes
and all that stuff.
Pixels, sprites,
animation,
pictures. Irt
one small
word: graphics.
Spreadsheets,
databases,
organisers,
accounte ..,
Cvefythirtg
YOU need
answaring about
the Intemat
Not averyttilng
frts into a
pigieonhQle, but
anything you tike
fiit& in here.
And it's a very warm welcome to GU
Amiga Magazine's version of IVlaster
mind. Please give a big iiand to v«>u''
contestants iVIr Andrew Korn and iVIr
iVIat Bettinsoii. Tonigiifs subject is the
Amigar from 1 &BS to the present.
Andrew lives in north
London and is versed
on everything Amiga.
His chosen topics are
hardware and utilities.
An ex-technical engineer,
IVIat specialises in the
Internet: vwtiat It is, what
it does and what It has to
do with the Amiga.
Tower crttk^al!
^^^^ I have an A1 200
^fl^Rk with an internal
MlIt^A 3.5" Qusnturrk
^p\3^H Lightening 365
yfig^ Mb IDE hard
drive. In the neaf
future I would like to buy a CD-
ROM s-ych as the 8x Samsung
IDE. I have jusl bought a tower
with 200 watt PSU and internal
cables. I want to put the CD-
ROM into the tower, Bearing in
mind the possible power supply
problenns if I fit a 50 MHz acceler-
ator in th© future ...
1. Which is the best option? To
remove the hard drive and use it
with the Alfa Quatro in the tower
with the CD-ROM or leave the
hard drive in the Al 200 along
with the Alfa Quatro and take
an IDE lead to the tower for the
CD-ROM?
2. If the hard drive is put in the
tower does it matter if it is put on
its side rather than flat.
3. Is 300mm a 'safe' maximuni
length for an IDE cable?
A. Robinson, Hayle, Cornwall,
First of ail, thanks to Gordon Moss,
Ryaa Af organ, Greg fox, Mr> PA,
Burgess, :\ontutn Haigb, Derek
Gaacoiae and many others who have
aho writtert in on the subject of tow-
frj canes. It looks like we will be
going ahead fvith a feature on DIY
tower c-anversions,
Correspondfttts .y^e'ni to be
expressing moat interest so far in
using a mini tower to hold CD-ROM
driven and hsrd dnVtf i, like A -
Robimon, but He would like to take
it a step further and look into fitting
the AilfHJi motherboard into the
one, maybe evea Zorro ilot expan-
sion. Keep your comments coming
in. I/I the meantime, we arv going to
answer A. Robinson's letter as it
seems fairly representative of the
tetten that we've been receiving.
/, Don't move the hard drive if you
don't have to, although 3^5" drives
can be tiuite a load on your power
supply. Moving your drive means
the power can be supplied from the
tower PSU, leaving your computer 's
PSU unburdened.
2. Modern hard drives can take alt
sorts of rough treatment. However it
is best to avoid putting it on its side
especially if you have a CD-ROM in
the tower too as your discs will keep
falling out,
3. Oh dear, a contentious issue.
Various people have written in con'
cemed about IDE Cttbk lengths and
the safety of unbuffered interfaces.
We use an A 1209 in a tower with
about 60^nim of IDE cable connect-
ing a hard drive and a CD-ROM
without any problems whatsoever.
To address the more technical
issues, yes, the A 1 200 has an
unbi^ffered interface, and if you
want to be totally Secure go for a
buffered splitter, it's safe and will
allow you to connect additional
devices t^o. Stories of exploding
CPUs are undoubtedly exaggerated
— t haven't heard of a single case
and it seems unlikely. I'd expect
problems with unbuffered tnterfacen
and long cable lengths to lie in
capacifive loading leading to anreli-
ability rather than CPU death. In
practice keeping cable lengths to net
much over half a metre is OK.
H only
jgQ What is the differ-
^bWI^^^ ence between a
^^ ^'^^^ £40 internal disk
^fc^P^B drive for the
^^My Al200arida£lG
^^^^ drive for a PC? I
have just fitted a new disk drive
and it looks very much like a PC
one, It even had the HD detector
switch. What is stopping
the Amiga from formatting at a
higher density?
W,G,H{ill, Bishopsgarth,
Stockton.
The Amiga expects the disk drive to
tell it things when it boots up and
when a disk is changed; PC drives
don't do this. An interface can be
built with a few flip-flops and gates,
but it's a lot of work for what will
save you very little in the end. HD
floppies ate harder work - in
addition to the above you will need
to halve the motor speed which
means replacing the oseillalor crys-
tal and ... look. Just buy an Amiga
HD drive instead. Sorry.
A500 + CD32=7
jgtm For the past four
jlj^al^^k years I have been
^^Kf^^^ the proud owner
^^^^^H of an Amiga 500
^■[[^V with the A501
^^^^^ memory expari-
sion unit. It has been adequate
for my purposes thus far, but I
now wish to upgrade to a new
systen^, mainly to have access to
the large treasury of software
available on CD-ROM in addition
to the advanced AGA graphics
and the latest Workbench. The
Eyetech SX32 Combo Rack
seems to be a very attractive
upgrade option, I would be oblig-
ed if you would enlighten me on
the following:
1. What is the difference
between the SX32 and the
SX32 Pro?
2. What are the advantages of
this Combo Pack as compared to
an At 200 with similar specifica-
tions and a CD-ROM drive.?
3. What would be the best way
to connect my ABOO to a CD32?
4. Is it possible to use the icey-
board and disk drive of my A500
with a CD32 in order to convert it
i^nto a fully-fledged, up and run-
ming A1200?
5. (s the A&70 CD-ROM drive
still available and did it require
any modifications?
Samir Bharadwai, Sultaitate
of Oman.
A lot of readers are tempted hy the
ttfUioa of upgrading a C032 to turn
it intQ a CD-ROM equipped AG A
super machine. It istt't ail that
uraigktforward and it d^esttl work
out all that ehttfp.
L The primary difference is that the
SX32Pro Aas a faster processor in it,
vhile the SX32 has no facility for
changing processor.
2. The differences are small. The
A 1200 won't cape with s»me CI>32
games, but is more expandable.
3. The CD32 S^p&n,from Marpet
developments {01423 71260*)) in
probably your best bet. It's just fast
enough to get away with Uiing ike
CD32 as a CD-ROM drive but don't
expect it ta give your AS0O access to
the CDJ2's 6S020 processor.
4. No. If you want to turn a CD32
into a full AG A eompuiet^ you'll
have to go the SX32 route or buy an
A1200 and CD-MOM. A500 + CD32
does not an A 1 200 make,
5. The 4570 plugged straight into
the AS09 with no modifications but
it did require 052,0 or greater, I
haven 't seen flitc *it saie for ages,
but Golden Image {OlHl mO 9291}
will sell you an ASOO CD-ROM if
you went one.
Windows Amiga
1. How much
would it cost and
how could [ fun
Windows on my
A600? I've tried to
balance tlie pros
and cons of buying a PC or just
an emulator.
2. J'd also like to ask what are
those Zippo drives you plug into
t+ie side of an Amiga?
3. Woulcf I benefit from buying a
hartS drive or a CD-ROM? If so
how many Mb of RAM should I
get or what speed should ttie CD-
ROM be?.
*, Could I use the Internet and
is there anything for the ASOO
to speed it up, something like the
Viper, for example?
Brett Edwards, London.
/. The best way of running PC soft-
ware is on a PC. If you want a
PCf Amiga combo, talk to HiQ about
their Siamese system. Software emu-
lation in the form ofPCTask 4.0
(£69.99, from Wizard, tel.; 01322-
527m/} and the forthcoming PCx
works wonders these days but they
ate too slow far serious use.
2. Hmm. If you plug a Zippo int9
your Amiga you will set fire to your
PCMCIA port; Zippos are refiltable
lighters. I f H^$^ you mean either
Zappo, an old PCMCIA kurd
drive/CD-ROM controller, or ZIP,
the mass storage device from
IOMEGA, which most users plug,
via a SCSI interface such as the
squirrel into the PCMCIA slot. ZIP
drives are fast, barely slower than a
hard drive, store U/OMb on a £15
disk and are as robust as a floppy.
Top devices,
3. Yes.' Hard drives may sound to
those who haven't used them like a
minor convenience, but buy wnf and
you will never regret it They cost
very little n<iw and we cannot over
emphasise how much easier and bet-
ter it makes using a computer.
CD-ROM drives are great, main-
ty because they allow you to use our
amiazing CVCU'ROMs every month,
which is kind of like getting 700 odd
floppies mounted on the cover only
quicker and a lot tess heavy, but if
you don't have a hard drive, save up
and buy one as soon as possible.
You will thank us-,
4. Yes, and Yes. It is called the
Apalla 620, and we gave it 91%
when we reviewed it a year ago.
Shop around for best price or call
Visage on 01 IS 9444500.
IHola in my GIF
I have recently
joined the
'Information
Superhighway'
and am making
my own pages. I
need to make transparent GIFs
CGIF89a or something?), however
I can't find a way to do this on
my Amiga 1200 IWB3.0, 2+4Mb
RAM, 2,1Gb HD).
J've read about loaders/savers
that allow you to do this for vari-
ous software e,g, PPaint. but I
can't find such software any-
where, I own PPaint 6.4 and
Photogenics 1,2, if that's of
any help,
Acfam Smolarezyh,
ad ai1t_s@a u straltaman .com
PPaint is a great tool for producing
artwork for Web pages but the GIF
loader Is not included in PPaint 6.4.
GIPs are a proprietary datatype
and commercial use h-as to be paid
for - hence Cloanto supply the GIF
loader as PD rather than with
the release.
However, GIFs 'owners\
Unisys, are coming down on this
too, so your hest bet Is either to
upgrade to the brilliant FPaiat 7
which has GIF support, or use a
graphics conversion utility such as
L'ltraconveri, which wUt convert
IFFs and Anims to GIFs and
AnimGIFs with transparency.
1 7" too iaig?
jg^ I Currently own an
j^H^^ Amiga 1200 with
^L'^^B^ 6Mb RAM. 210
^^^^B Mb hard disk and
^^^\/ 50 MHz 'O30 accei-
^^*^ erator, I am now
seriously considering upgrading
my Amiga again and would appre-
ciate your help.
1. In the August 96 issue of CU,
there was a review of the
Microvitec Ml 764 17" monitor.
Is there a 14 or 15" version of
this fTiionitor?
2. I am going to buy a CD-ROM
drive and later a tower case with
Zorro slots for my machine but
am unsure which CD-ROM drive
to buy, Which ones would quite
happily work with my standard
A1200 and could at a latter date
be placed into a tower case?
3. By how mu&h will an FPU
speed up packages such as
Imagine 4?
4. Are there any plans to run C+ -*-
tutorials in future iss<Jes of CU
Amiga Magazine?
Christopher Caleb, Tlie RepuMk
of Email.
1. Microvitec do produce a 14" moni-
tor, the 14SS, although it is not a
smaller version of the 1764. However,
it is a good multisync monitor fot
stse with video modes and graphics
cards. It lacks the excellent digital
screen mode controls of the 1764 bttt
is still highly recommended
2. Any 100% ATAPI standard IDE
drive will work.
3. A lot An FPU can actually make
significantly more difference to
maths intensive software such as
Imagine than a CPU upgrade.
4. A few readers have expressed an
interest in this idea recently, we'll
look into it.
My own game
^^^^^ I recently designed
^^^^P^ a space strategy
I^^Bj^jH game and was
^^3^^V hoping you
^(^^^ ^o\j\<i give me
some advice:
T. I was thinking of sending the
design to a software company for
evaluation; how detailed would
the design need to be?
2. How would you recommend I
copyright my game?
3. Which software company
should I send the design to?
4. If the design is accepted and
published, what sort of royalty
would I get?
5. What are the chances of a
design froni someone outside the
company being accepted in the
current Amiga marltet?
M> Smrtb, Bramlev^ Leeds.
/. Oddly, not too detailed! If you send
109 pages of designs, no-oae will
have time to look at it. Your first
letter should contain Just enough
detail to give a good idea of what the
game is about and to intrigue the
software company enough that they
want to contact you to find out more,
and no longer.
2. As soon as you write something,
you have copyright. To protect your
copytight, post a copy by registered
mail ta yourseff before you post it
to anyone else and make sure you
keep the envelope sealed,
3. Look for companies still active
on the Amiga, whose products
are close but not too sittfllat to
your idea.
4. This depends an the individual
company, how many people are
required to work on the project, and
how complex the coding, graphics
and sound are, and so on. If you are
worried about being ripped off, look
for a software agent to negotiate
your contract.
5. There aren't a lot of Atntga games
being produced these days, so the
demand far designers isn't high. You
may hai-e more luck if you go to a
software house which converts to
other systems as well However, there
will always be interest in a design
good enough to be the next Worms. ■
Send your Q&A problems to ,
Vou can send your tecimical problems [or answers - Ed]
to CU Amiga by the (oliowirig means:
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BACKCHAT
Don't be shy, find your voice amongst the thousands
of Amiga owners out there. Write in to Backchat and
get yourself and your views noticed.
Brainwashed
Having read January's issue of
CU Amiga Magazine, I just had to
write in to agree with James
Pu Hens' comments (letter of the
month). The Amiga must shout
out. It is losing ground rapidly
because there is no one out there
shojting about how good it is.
The Amiga is a powerful machine
especialty for us home users. As
has been stated and no doubt
time and time again will be said it
can do what any PC can do. If
people cam be lead away so easi-
ly then the Amiga must be in
there doing battle with the PC So
let's see some brainwashing for
the Amiga,
Keitth McMa«t«r,
East Yorkshire.
We try and do our best, reaily we do.
THE FAR SIDE
'teu nwjr tn* -ntw n*r»! ... Thiig Miss Cruictiinetd, iind
«hp's. tl'i^V |i> rnakv sure noijody runs wllht sCiBsOrk."
Not brainwashing mind, Keith but in
k^eeping people informed about just
kow great the Amiga is. Maybe we
may see some form of advertising
for the Amiga in the near future. So,
fingers crossed.
Shcvpped again
Though I think your section shop-
pers comer where you name
stores which stock Amiga pro-
grams is a good idea, especially in
these times when its so hard to
get Amiga software in the high
street, I do think you should check
up mope on the information given
to you. For example, in Jainuary''s
edition you mention a few shops
in Wood Green which claimed to
have Amiga software but they
don't. Multimedia Discount Shop:
this does have a small Amiga
game section (about 13 games)
most of which are either old or
compilations as
opposed to about 200
PC games/progfanns. I
wouldn't travel any d-is-
tance to get games
from here. Tandy: they
have a kind of bargain
bin and have absolute-
ly no Amiga software
there anymore.
WHSmith: again, they
jsed to have, but this
was. a long time ago,
there is NO Amiga
software there at all.
The place your most
likely to acquire Amiga
games is called
Shekhana Computers
and Communications.
Its next to the video
shop opposite the
bingo hall at Wood
Green. They have
about 40 titles there.
The newest being
'^'Vorms, though most
By GARY lARSON
of themi were pretty old Hit Squad
re-releases,
*
Daamond
Anglin, London.
Thank you for your eemmenti
Denmand. The list you mention was
compiled by ufi and based on
research we carried aat aursefves
ffuite IT long time ago. These were
included to kick off our new listings
section so we accept that the level of
service may have changed. However,
we have introduced a more detailed
service whereby readers send in
their comments no you get a more ap
to date picture (see coiumn/ar
right). This service wiil be
updated every six months to keep U
currently relevant. Hope that
answers your query and you got a
free plug for Sbekhana Computers.
Suspect survey
I picked up your January issue
from my local Amiga dealer and
noticed a survey form in there, I
thought I might answer this sur-
vey, but could not find the form
on the CD. Surely you don't
expect us to type it all in do you?
Of course readers in the UK will
probably just write their answers
on the form and post it in, hut
that would be much more expen-
sive for us over here on the other
side of the world. Whereas Email
is only a cent or two...
If the survey form is on the
CD, could you tell us the path to
the file? Getting onto specific
questions I found one to be par-
ticularly strange - the one about If
I bought a IBM PC, how soon
would I stop reading CD Amiga.
Maybe you don't realise it, but
not every Amiga owner that buys
a PC does so to replace their
Amiga. In fact I bought a PC
clone two years ago,, for work
pusrposes. This does not mean I
use my Amiga any less, or stop
buying Amiga magazines.
The Amiga is a hobby, and I
enjoy using it {well them aictually.
I have a 1200 and a BZO-OO,} The
same cannot be said for the PC- I
have been using an Amiga for the
last 10 and a half years and will
probably continue to do so for
the next 10 years, and will contin
ue buying your magazine (as long
as I can get the CD version).
Of course like any of these
surveys, a lot of the questions
are for your advertisers benefit.
rather than anything to do with
the magazine or Amigas or even
computing as a whole. I can't see
what relevance the consumption
of alcohol is II am a Baha'i, I don •
drink alcohol) but I hope you
don't intend to have alcohol
advertising in your magazine.
|to»« 0«i»|«y, USA.
You're right, there was an awful lot
in that survey tofUl in. Directives
from 'above* came to us at a very
late date that a survey was going to
be included with that issue, and
because of the timing of this deci-
sion it was not quite to our liking
tkandled by a different department
from the normal editorial team).
We did actually have a version of
that survey on our Web site for a
time and got lots of mefui feedback
from that. We'll continue to pat
other much smaller oeeasioRol ques-
tionnaires on the Web site, so drop
in every now and then to see what's
up (www.CH-amiga.c0.uk).
Most of those 'Ufestyle' questiom
are indeed posed to see ifit*s worth-
while for companies outside of the
Amiga scene to take advertising
Space in CU Amiga.
We'll be publishing the resuUs of
that survey and the survey carried
out on the Web site in a forthcoming
issue iat the time of writing the
results are being compiled, so we
should be able to bring them to you
next issue}- ft wiit be interesting to
see how many people said they
102
MCXOMT
The beast is here
So its finahy arrived; the new compLter that
win save the Amiga users from the current
situationi We should all thank the mighty
Phase 5 for bringing us what we have been
looking for years, Does this rreans that the
Amiga is saved? I think not In fact it v^^oufd
be wrong to say that the A^Box is lust the
new Amiga. The A^Box has almost nothing to do with it! Wasn't
that what we had been waiting for? Something totally new, We
know that the Amiga has come to its maximum potential with the
060 accelerators and I think that adding rre^- processors to the old
technobgy (eg PPC) is not a good solution. They could end up like
PCs: just plain old boosted technology.
The AVBox is really the next BIG step for us ,.. If Phase 5 does-
n't screw up! We alf know what happens when a new computer is
sold: all sorts of questions come to mind: should I buy it? Will it
be supported for a long time? Will there be any software?
I implore Phase 5 to allow maximum Amiga emulation on his
new machine. This is really important because being unable to
use old Amiga software could stop people from buying. Also it is
crucial to ensure that some "basic' software is available
when the AVBox comes out. Not really games
(although it surely could help), but
development software like an adapt-
ed C language, 3 music creation
tool [SoundStuclio2?), a graphic
package (DPaint VI?), a raytracer,
'■. maybe a multimedia show
. \ maker (Scala 5?). etc „,
\\ \ because I swear won't buy a
\ machine on which I can't cre-
\ ate, and that's the reason I
'■■ bought an Amiga and not a
PC! So the Amiga as we
know it will probably sur-
vive, as it is now thanks to
Amiga enthusiasts and to
Public Domain (thanks
Aminetl).The A\Box reaify
represents the new break-
through in terms of tech-
nology but also as a
commercially viable
product. I have my
fingers crossed ...
Di«ga l^appalardOi
Emailand.
Welt it hasn't ^itite arrived yet but we were sb excited about it that we
had to ieti the w^rU, As you say, U's not acttiaUy sn Amiga, but it's what
we have been waiting/or. The Amiga scene is loyal, but those involved
in it knov what they want,' a cutting edge affifrdaMe creative computer
piatfoFm. As an Amiga magazine it might seem strange that we are
pushing a non-Amiga platform when others are singiag the praises of
other proposed (iffkiai Amigas, bat we have a duty to give our reader-
ship honest, informed opinion. Lei's hope this pioneering work from
Phase S ahakes up the ideas over at (iwikFak, who currentiy seem t&
have: a less realistic line up of new A migas.
would like to see more d&gs and
cats in the magazine, as asked by
one question.'
Lynx f CKrty
In the November issue, the site of
the month in your comms section
was the Carling Premiership site.
This site is wonderful if you have
a graphical browser But if there
are people out there who use
ALynx extensively, a Lynx friendly
site for UK soccer results is
http://5occernetcom.
John TomJc, M si bourne,
Australia . Email; atom@net-
t pace. not. au
CU and UK footy fam thank you.
Come and get it
The following is a listing of recommended stockists who supply
Amiga products. If you don't see your favourite shop in here, please
fill out the form below and send it in to -us.
BRAOFORB: Um, 4 Oarley, Bradford , West Yoritshfrfl, Tel; 01274 305055 (Games
utilitiBs, CD32s,) * ■ ■
IMfiHWI; ElednifGs Boutique, Eastbome Amdala Centre, fGamss, accessories!
•• ■ ■ •
OHiR Ehctraoics SHti|H, High Street, Exeter, Devon {fiafTies, utilities, educa-
tiwial software ard accessortes), ikrA ■ ■
IHVERNiSS: EI«ctniH» iMti^, Eastflate Centre, Invemess. Telr 01463 716 464.
(Games, access^^ries irit ■ ■ ■
UKQUi: Micripaiit Sirrcil St, Uiii»la (gan^f and repairs! itifU
MJWCHESTIR dauic Vdtt, 1 1 Deansgate, Greater Manchester, Tel: 016? 723
1638, {Seftwere, CDs, C032, floppies, PD, hardware accessories.! it* ■ ■ ■
HEWCASTU: GIME, Eldon Square, Newcastle, Mortfaimberlaixl. Tel: 0191 274 7321.
(Games, prngrdms, CDs, magazines and books |. icitit ■ ■ ■
MBrHMIPIM; lirtct Sahwira, IGS BircMiefd Road East NorttiaMpton Tel; 01604
722 499, (Tons and tons of software! *itir ■ ■ ■
PUWOUIH: fiME, PlymoLith. (games, joypads, joysticks), *•• ■ ■
MFUItlttlll; Micrt Fm, Ttie Guardian Cantre, Rttheit^Ri South Vorkshire, Tel: Q1709
36000, (Games Including CD32 stuff, CD-FIOMs, A 1200s, hard drives including a
free fitting service!. *** ■ ■ ■
SfliniWMPfOK; Difiul Dasis, 35 Victoria fioad, Woolston, Souttiampton, Hants.
(Secondhand Amiga programs, hardware, PD Library, blank discs),** ■ ■
tine: 12 Bargate, Southampton, Hants, Tel; 01 703 237771, ** ■ ■
* quantity of goods available, *werv little **avflrag9 ***(riourrtBins
■ quality of service, Ipoor flBgDod ■■■excellent
Forlhis month's entries thanks to: Wayne Pyram, Lincoln. G«feth Murfin,
Mewcastle. Dave Enfield, Souttiamptoo, Cbariie Penny, Hants. Andrew Firtzgeralcl,
ffotliBrham. Jason HilJ,^ Cornwall. Stephen Wolstenholme, West Yorkshire. MJ Kay,
Bolton, Colin Kennedy, Isle of Uwis. Martin Dan, East Sussex. Graham Hamilton, '
Dewen. <(en Smidi, Lancashire.
Fftliin eatries iiKluic:
Crewt High Street Micros
VMcastcir The Computer Store
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LcidM HMV (Oxford Strast), (Wuhimedia DiscoLnt Shop (Woodgreen)
Uvtiffol Game
UtM B«3tties, Electronic Boutique, Tandy, Silica (Debenhams)
Mndraster Boots jATTwIate Shopping Centre), WHSmith (Amdale Shopping Centre)
HMV, Game
MeidaHlaB Game, Virtual Reaiity
•RMIeilorMgh Chips Computers
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SheKeld Game
Sfitfefioit Screen Arts (Eastiiant Street)
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POINTS OF VtEW
Gonna have a ro^Mskrtion
■ tafl
by Tony htargan
This month you'Te one big step
ckxser to being able to master your
66wi«ia
back about
nowva
blank C3D asttsig you
fiver, DIY CD prodtictkMi
99
own audio CDs from your Amiga,
thanks to thiis month's excellent
SoundStudio cover mount.
Who knows? Maybe we're on the
brink of fawning a wfiote cottage
industry of peopJe producing music
from their bedrooms on their Amiga,
cutting their own CDs and then
pcrhjif)^; celling tliem direct to the
marfeet themselves, cutting out the
middleman all together.
Rerhaps it's long way off until this
is a reality but until very recently
mastering your own music CDs was
out of the question. CD audio writing
'machines' would cost thousands of
pounds and were only available from
a select few professional aodio
shops. Now you can get a CD4^0M
drive that also writes CDs for
around £300^ With a single blank CD
netting you back about a fiver, DIY
CD production is now a solid
affordable reality.
This is one of those little techno-
logical revolutions that seems to
creep up and then suddenly jump out
at an unsuspecting public-
For computer-based musicians
this is as big a step forward as the
emergence of MIDI and even
semplir^- A musician on a budget
can now press up commercial cfuality
CDs with nothing more than a com-
pleter No mi)ter no keyboards, nc
effects units, in fact none of that tra-
ditioaal outboard gear is actually
required any more
Compared to mastering to DAT.
cutting a CD is infinitely more useful.
Apart from studios and record
company HQs. who do you know
that actually has a DAT playef ? Now
compare that to how many people
you know in possession of a CD
player. What format would you
rather use?
If you still think there's a catch,
you're still c^cynvinced this can't quite
be true, think again. You don't even
need a 16~bit sound card or a fast
Amiga. With a CD^writer (doubling as
a conventional CD-ROM of course)
and SoundStudio. all you need is any
Workbench 2 or more recent Amigiai.
a couple of megs of ftAM. a hard
drive and some CD writing software
- that's it! Now if that's not a techno-
logical revolution) then I don't know
what is.fl
FurtHer eduoatiofi
by Lisa Collins
The Amiga is supposed to be the ulti-
mate home computer: cheap and
well catered for in terms of software
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Isn't
that home
used for? y^B»
'S ^ ttve SOftMfWB7 ^^
for games, word processing, DTR
graphics and music. Hang on, isn't
there another area that f>ome com-
puters are used for? Yes, education.
But Where's all the software?
Generalisations can be snnoyingi
but more often than not, there is a
girain of truth in them, Generally
speaking, most hame computers are
bought by parents to do a bit of frome
accounting, word processing and so
on whiie the kids can use it to piay
games and help with their homework.
And in today's climate children need
all the help they can get in trying to
educate themselves-
We are supposed to be in the
technological era. Ouf children are
meant to be reciting binary in their
sleep and surf ir>g the Net for their
recreation time,
5o where is all the Amiga's educa-
tional software? There just isn't any,
at least nothing much appeared in
the last couple of years. Correct m*
if I'm wrong but I only know of
Guildhall's Ten Out of Ten' eduoa^
tional range and some encyclopedia
from Epic. Hardly, enough material to
formulate young Einsteins let a^one
give a helping hand with the basics
of tfw three Rs or anything as taxing
as learning a new language.
Perhaps the advent of the Internet
taking off has replaced the need for
children to have educational software
as they can find out most information
they want here, or>ce they've sifted
through all the other irrelevant mater-
ial that the Net seems to be
crammed full of.
However, not every chiW has
access to 9 modem. PC software
manufacturers recognise this and
hsve the market well sussed. There
are copious amounts of learning and
educational n^aterial available for thie
PC. There is even a new magazine
coming out dedicated just to chll-
dren's educational software on the
PC, so the demand is there.
I don't know the real reasons why
there isn't any educational software
available for the Amiga (opinions are
weicomed an can be sent in to m« at
the usual address] but I do know that
it is an opportunity is being missed
out on. Please rectify.!
Whole lot of sHalong Qoing on
by Mat Bsttinson
Wis find ourselves in much the same
situation as before; yet another
company loofcing to take over owner-
ship of the Annigs and manufacture
them once again.
However this time the situation is
a lot different and we are in the more
fortunate situation of instead of hav-
ing more than one major contender.
This puts us in a better position than
soJely relying on one saviour foi
the Amiga, As we have unfortunately
discovered to our disappointment in
the past relying on one saving light is
not a good idea.
Most of these contenders are
actually either producing n^chines
or planning to produce something
resembling an Amiga so again this
is vbelcome newws.
Howevo-, they all appear to be
coming from different angles when it
comes to their vision of the way
forward for the Amiga.
So what exactly is the current
situation as it stands and how is it
different from what we have
seen before?
Firstly QuikRak are actually a
manufacturing company, Already
they are making promises about
releasing new up-spec Amigas, you
know, the kind we said Commodore
should have release several
years ago.
Coupled wiish promises of new
machines, QuikRak have gone on
record as saying they're looking to ■
the incredibfy powerful Dec Alpha
RISC chip instead of the Motorola
Boweff»C.
However, the drawback with this
is that it's too expensive for the low-
end market, so low-end machines
will continue to be 680*0 based. This
philosophy goes against previous
wisdom and makes the gap between
the Phase 5 PowerUp and A\BOX
yet wider.
It's Phase 5 which is the second
ma^or difference this time around.
Even though they rriay not be in the
running for owriership of the Amiga
«bTtie maricet i»iVt big enough for aM €vf
yoi^ for Rets's sake get togettier and frv
to organise some ootmnon gnmmwd —^^
itself, no-one can deny that they've
done more to take the Amiga forward
than any other company. Indeed they
would appear to be the only hope for
a true neKt generation Amiga before
the neott Millennium.
So we find the next probable com-
pany to own the Amiga will produce
Amigas as we know them (and is
already doing soj albert more expen-
sively arid with some half reasonable
specifiCBtions at l^st.
Meanwhile Phase 5 are set to
release the PowerUp to the Amiga
market - something that will he suc-
cessful and wtiich surefy Quikf^k
can't i'gnore with reference to their
Dec Alpha statements.
ProDAD are also working on a
platform-independent Amiga OS style
operating system which is b fur>da-
mentally great idea although Phase 5
are doing the same and QuikPak will
presumably port AmigaOS to the
Dec Alpha.
Lord have mercy, this is insane!
The market isn't big enough for ail of
you. for Petes sake get together and
try to organise some common
ground for ALL our sakesB
by Artdrvw Kom
With computing now so much a part
Of our culture, it had to happen There
has been the odd cheesy Space
Invaders inspired trash-pop track in
the lower reaches of the charts
before, but White Room's "Abort
Retry. Fail' which has just reached
number 1 . is as far as I remem^jer the
first song to use the language of
computing as a mode of semiotic
discourse. What this means in p<airi
English, is that computing has
entered public consciousness to such
a degree that a phrase which derives
from computirKg can be successfulfv
used to paralld an emotional idea, in
this case the parallel being the lack of
communication between two people
and the lack of communication
between a human and a PC.
The phrase Abort. Retry, Pair is
one people wfio used PCs in the bad
old days will find spine chillingly
familiar. Anyone who first eifperi-
enced PC^ in the days before
Windows '95 actually made the PC a
useable GUI based machine
(Windows 3.1 was too painful to use,
you teaity had to stick to MS-DOS if
you wanted the machine to do any-
thing) will have, somewhere on their
souls, a little scar maiked Abort,
Retry. Fail'.
Ttie first time you came across
this littie seemingly harmless group-
ing of words was u.5U3lly when you
tried to change directory to a volume
46
wtio used PCs in ttie bad old
9?
that didn't exist. First you would
Retry, Maybe iit had just gone a tittle
wrong. But no. it just asked you
Abort Retry, or Fail again. What next?
Time to give up, tell it to abort Uh-
uh. Try that and what does it say?
Abort, Retry, or Fail?
If you are new to computing. Fail
sounds a little drastic, maybe even
dangerous, you don't know what
damage you might do. Yotf just want
out, to abort, so yOu type A again. No
luck. You start to get wound up, ham-
mering the A key, yelling at the
machine, begging the little $%&! to
understand what you are telling it to
do. Eventually, with fear and trepida-
tion, arrti not a little desperation, you
hit F for fait.
Maybe computers are more
human than we thought. ■
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